RICE UNIVERSITY
Bayesian Semiparametric and Flexible Models for Analyzing
Biomedical Data
by
Luis G. Leon Novelo
A Thesis Submitted
in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Approved, Thesis Committee:
Peter Müller, Professor, Director
Biostatistics, M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center
Dennis Cox, Professor, Chair
Statistics
‰;
Marina Vannucci, Professor
Kim-Anh Do, Professor
Biostatistics, M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center ,
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Biostatistics, M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, Texas
August, 2009