Balakrishnan’s conference at UFSCar

["Josemar" <vjosemar@ufscar.br>]

Prezados redistas,

E com satisfacao que comunico a visita do prof. Balakrishnan para o periodo 
de 08-09 de Abril para uma conferencia e discutir pesquisas conjuntas na 
UFSCar. No dia 08 de Abril as 14:00 teremos a seguinte conferencia na UFSCar 
em local a ser divulgado na proxima semana.

Title: GENERALIZED GAMMA FRAILTY MODEL AND APPLICATIONS

Speaker: Prof. N. BALAKRISHNAN
             McMaster University
             Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Abstract: Frailty models are usually used to model correlation in
clustered survival data. Some of the most popular frailty models are
based on gamma, Weibull, lognormal and stable distributions. In this
talk, I will introduce a generalized gamma frailty model that includes
gamma, Weibull and lognormal as special cases. I will then discuss
inferential issues for this frailty model. This parsimonious model is
then used for model discrimination between different special cases for
a given data. Finally, I will take some real-life data sets to
illustrate the practical usefulness of this model.

Espero contar com a presenca dos colegas e alunos para conhecer um dos mais 
produtivo e brilhante pesquisador no cenario cientifico internacional. Para 
os mais jovens que nao conhecem o prof. Balakrishnan sugiro fortemente 
entrar na sua pagina http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/bala/. Atenciosamente, 
Josemar Rodrigues.