The Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) model is a life distribution that has been widely studied and applied. Recently, a new version of the BS distribution based on extreme value theory has been introduced, named the extreme value Birnbaum-Saunders (EVBS) distribution. In this article we provide some further details on the EVBS models that can be useful as a supplement to the existing results. We use these models to analyse real survival time data for patients treated with alkylating agents for multiple myeloma. This analysis allow us to show the adequacy of these new statistical distributions and identify them as models useful for medical practitioners in order to predict survival times for such patients and evaluate changes in their treatment dose.
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journal = {Biometrical Letters},
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year = {2012},
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M. Ivette Gomes; Marta Ferreira; Víctor Leiva. The extreme value Birnbaum-Saunders model, its moments and an application in biometry. Biometrical Letters, Tome 49 (2012) pp. 81-94. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.doi-10_2478_bile-2013-0006/
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