Forecasting Product Liability Claims: Epidemiology and Modeling in the Manville Asbestos Case

by Eric Stallard and Joel E. Cohen

This selection of papers encompasses recent methodological advances in several important areas, such as multivariate failure time data and interval censored data, as well as innovative applications of the existing theory and methods. Using a rigorous account of statistical forecasting efforts that led to the successful resolution of the John-Manville asbestos litigation, the models in this volume can be adapted to forecast industry-wide asbestos liability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387949879
• ISBN13: 9780387949871
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"