Automatic selection of the p-value in survival curves comparisonautomatic selection of the p-value in survival curves comparison

In this paper, an algorithm for the automatic apac1/60/1/cw selection of an ad- equate test for the survival curves comparison is developed.The introduced procedure is an adaptation of the double minimum algo- rithm for the bandwidth selection in the smoothed nonparametric k-sample tests.The simulation study which was carried out, sug- gests us that the proposed method, although never is as good as the best one of the crystal beaded candle holder considered tests, is the most regular of them.