| The Multiplicative Hazards Model |
Consider a set of
subjects such that the counting process
for the
th subject represents the number of observed events experienced over time
. The sample paths of the process
are step functions with jumps of size
, with
. Let
denote the vector of unknown regression coefficients. The multiplicative hazards function
for
is given by
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where
indicates whether the
th subject is at risk at time
(specifically,
if at risk and
otherwise)
is the vector of explanatory variables for the
th subject at time 
is an unspecified baseline hazard function
Refer to Fleming and Harrington (1991) and Andersen et al. (1992). The Cox model is a special case of this multiplicative hazards model, where
until the first event or censoring, and
thereafter.
The partial likelihood for
independent triplets
, has the form
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where
if
, and
otherwise.