Comparison of Multivariate Matching Methods: Structures, Distances, and Algorithms

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 405-420

  Gu, Xing Sam ^a   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^b  

^a Nortel Hong Kong Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Full matching; Mahalanobis metric matching; Matched sampling; Observational studies; Optimal matching; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003138938     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.1993.10474623     Document Type: Article

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