We derive the proper form of the Akaike information criterion for variable selection for mixture cure models, which are often fit via the expectation–maximization algorithm. Separate covariate sets may be used in the mixture components. The selection criteria are applicable to survival models...

We derive the proper form of the Akaike information criterion for variable selection for mixture cure models, which are often fit via the expectation-maximization algorithm. Separate covariate sets may be used in the mixture components. The selection criteria are applicable to survival models...

We investigate the performance of various survival analysis techniques applied to ten actual credit data sets from Belgian and UK financial institutions. In the comparison we consider classical survival analysis techniques, namely the accelerated failure time models and Cox proportional hazards...