Multiparameter local likelihood models and generalizations have been widely applied to analyze relationship between responses and covariates in data arising from climatology,econometrics,environmetric
A common problem that is encountered in many medical applications is the comparison of two cumulative incidence functions(CIFs)in the presence of competing risks.
In clinical trials and biomedicine studies,longitudinal data arise commonly and such that the longitudinal outcomes are often repeatedly measured to be important biomarkers.