Generalized likelihood ratios for quantitative diagnostic test scores

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 694-699

  Tandberg, Dan ^a   Deely, John J ^b   O'Malley, A James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Computing; Decision theory; Diagnosis; Fourier series; Kernel estimation; Likelihood; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030656542     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90189-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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