Stochastic trees and the StoTree modeling environment: Models and software for medical decision analysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-413

  Hazen, Gordon B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis software; Decision tree; Markov chain; Quality adjusted lifetime; Stochastic tree

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION THEORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MELANOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036776793     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016401115823     Document Type: Review

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