%0 Journal Article %T Comparaci¨®n entre riesgos competitivos v¨ªa el estimador c¨®pula-gr¨¢fico %A Y¨¢£¿EZ %A SERGIO %A BRANGO %A HUGO %A JARAMILLO %A MARIO C. %A LOPERA %A CARLOS M. %J Revista Colombiana de Estad¨ªstica %D 2011 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %X the identifiability problem in competing risks associated to the dependence measure between the failure modes, can be solved by means of the copula-graphic estimator which assumes the copula function known. this paper compares, through a simulation study, the copula-graphic estimator for a dependent competing risks model with the traditional one under the assumption of independence. it is shown that a significant subestimation of the reliability function can be made when the dependence is not taken into account. an example ilustrates this point and as a future work it is seen the possibility of using copula-graphic in industrial reliability to predict in accelerated life tests. %K competing risks %K copula %K identifiability %K reliability. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-17512011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en