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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>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1680-743X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1680-743X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SOSRUC</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">100309</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6339/JDS.201207_10(3).0009</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <article-title>The Long-Term Bivariate Survival FGM Copula Model: An Application to a Brazilian HIV Data</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Louzada</surname>
            <given-names>Francisco</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_000">Universidade de S˜ao Paulo</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Suzuki</surname>
            <given-names>Adriano K.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_001">Universidade Federal de S˜ao Carlos</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cancho</surname>
            <given-names>Vicente G.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_002">Universidade de S˜ao Paulo</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Prince</surname>
            <given-names>F´atima L.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_003">Universidade Federal do Triˆangulo Mineiro</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Pereira</surname>
            <given-names>Gilberto A.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_JDS_aff_004"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_004">Universidade Federal do Triˆangulo Mineiro</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>10</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>511</fpage>
      <lpage>535</lpage>
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        <p>Abstract: In this paper we propose a new bivariate long-term distribution based on the Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern copula model. The proposed model allows for the presence of censored data and covariates in the cure parameter. For inferential purpose a Bayesian approach via Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is considered. Further, some discussions on the model selection criteria are given. In order to examine outlying and influential observations, we develop a Bayesian case deletion influence diagnostics based on the Kullback-Leibler divergence. The newly developed procedures are illustrated on artificial and real HIV data.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Bayesian approach</kwd>
        <kwd>case deletion influence diagnostics</kwd>
        <kwd>long-term survival</kwd>
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