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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JDS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Data Science</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1680-743X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1680-743X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SOSRUC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">140210</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6339/JDS.201604_14(2).0010</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Bivariate Weibull Distributions Derived from Copula Functions in the Presence of Cure Fraction and Censored Data</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Coelho-Barros</surname>
            <given-names>Em´ılio A.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_000">Universidade Tecnol´ogica Federal do Paran´a, DAMAT/UTFPR</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Achcar</surname>
            <given-names>Jorge Alberto</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_001">Universidade de S˜ao Paulo, FMRP/USP</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mazucheli</surname>
            <given-names>Josmar</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_002">Universidade Estadual de Maring´a, DEs/UEM</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>14</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>295</fpage>
      <lpage>316</lpage>
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        <p>Abstract: In this paper we introduce bivariate Weibull distributions derived from copula functions in presence of cure fraction, censored data and covariates. Two copla functions are explored: the FGM (Farlie - Gumbel Morgenstern) copula and the Gumbel copula. Inferences for the proposed models are obtained under the Bayesian approach, using standard MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo) methods. An illustration of the proposed methodology is given considering a medical data set.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Bayesian methods</kwd>
        <kwd>Bivariate Weibull</kwd>
        <kwd>Censored observations</kwd>
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