Optimal dichotomization for repeated screening tests

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Wang, Ming Dauh ^a   Geisser, Seymour ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian predictive decision theoretic approach; Monte Carlo optimization; Optimal dichotomizer; Repeated testing; Screening test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037445496     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(02)00425-X     Document Type: Article

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