Table 1.

Summary of the Simulated Data

	Z ~ poisson(10)			Z ~ gamma(2, 5)
(α, β)	P(death)	Y	m	P(death)	Y	m
Scenario I: λ0(t) = 1/10, h0(t) = t/400
(0, 0)	.27	3.90	3.64	.26	4.44	3.40
(−1, −1.5)	.14	4.41	2.34	.14	4.91	2.19
Scenario II: λ0(t) = (t + 1)/60, $h_0\left(t\right)=\sqrt{t}∕200$
(0, 0)	.28	3.80	2.40	.26	4.35	2.26
(−1, −1.5)	.15	4.36	1.59	.14	4.87	1.58

NOTE: P(death) is the average death rate; Y is the average terminating time; m is the average number of recurrent events.