Estimating Parameters of a Microsimulation Model for Breast Cancer Screening Using the Score Function Method

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 43-61

  Tan, Sita Y G L ^a   Van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J ^a   Piersma, Nanda ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Micro)simulation; Medical decision making; Quasi Newton method; Score function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037249266     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022922204299     Document Type: Article

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