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Table 1 Notations used in this manuscript

From: Predicting lung cancer survival prognosis based on the conditional survival bayesian network

Notation

Description

\(n\)

number of features

\(N\)

number of samples

\(p\)

number of predictors in CPH model

\({{\varvec{X}}}_{{\varvec{i}}}\)

\(1\times p\) vector of features for patient \(i\) in CPH model

\({{\varvec{X}}}_{{\varvec{B}}{\varvec{N}}}\)

\(1\times n\) vector of variables in Bayesian network model

\(T\)

observed time

\(E\)

indicator of event status

\({x}_{i}\)

the \(i\)-th variable for each patient

\(h(t)\)

the hazard function

\({h}_{0}(t)\)

the baseline hazard function

\({H}_{0}(t)\)

baseline cumulative hazard function

\(S(t)\)

survival probability function

\({S}_{0}(t)\)

baseline survival function