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The PHREG Procedure

Failure Time Distribution

Let be a nonnegative random variable representing the failure time of an individual from a homogeneous population. The survival distribution function (also known as the survivor function) of is written as

     

A mathematically equivalent way of specifying the distribution of is through its hazard function. The hazard function specifies the instantaneous failure rate at . If is a continuous random variable, is expressed as

     

where is the probability density function of . If is discrete with masses at , then is given by

     

where

     
     

for

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