Cancho, Vicente G.Louzada, FranciscoBarriga, Gladys Dorotea Cacsire [UNESP]2014-05-202014-05-202012-04-01Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 142, n. 4, p. 993-1000, 2012.0378-3758http://hdl.handle.net/11449/40688In this paper, we propose a cure rate survival model by assuming the number of competing causes of the event of interest follows the Geometric distribution and the time to event follow a Birnbaum Saunders distribution. We consider a frequentist analysis for parameter estimation of a Geometric Birnbaum Saunders model with cure rate. Finally, to analyze a data set from the medical area. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.993-1000engCure fraction modelsBirnbaum Saunders distributionGeometric distributionSensitivity analysisLifetime dataArtigo10.1016/j.jspi.2011.11.007WOS:000299856500023Acesso restrito5267593860042306