RICE UNIVERSITY
Regression Survival Analysis With Dependent Censoring
and a Change Point for the Hazard Rate: With Application
to the Impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to Insurance
Companies’ Survival
by
Nan (Jenny) Zhang
A Thesis Submitted
in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Approved. Thesis Committee:
Xuelin Huang, Co-Advisor
Associate Professor of Biostatistics at MD
Anderson Cancer Center
Wotao Yin
Assistant Professor of Computational and
Applied Mathematics
Houston, Texas
December, 2009