 Latent heterogeneity effects in modelling individual hazards: A non-proportional approachTechnological Forecasting and Social Change, 2016, vol. 105, issue C, 89-93 Abstract: This paper proposes an extension of individual hazard modelling through diffusion of innovation methodologies with the introduction of latent neighbouring effects in individual hazards. The proposal combines the Bemmaor's methodology for latent heterogeneous factors in the Cox proportional hazards model. The new model, the Bass–Bemmaor–Cox model, defines a non-proportional approach driven by a mixture of shifted Gompertz individual distributions where the time scale parameter governing growth dynamics depends upon observed covariates at the individual level. Conversely, individual propensity to the change of state included in the Gompertz sub-model is heterogeneous and latent within observed population. Based on experimental data referred to an ovarian pathology under treatment, an illustrative example is given. Further applications may be relevant for quantitative forecasting in marketing and technological diffusion contexts. Keywords: Heterogeneous diffusion models; Cox proportional hazards model; Bemmaor effects (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:105:y:2016:i:c:p:89-93 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.01.027 Access Statistics for this article Technological Forecasting and Social Change is currently edited by Fred Phillips More articles in Technological Forecasting and Social Change from Elsevier |
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