Finite mixture models with concomitant information: Assessing diagnostic criteria for diabetes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Thompson, Theodore J ^a   Smith, Philip J ^b   Boyle, James P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; EM algorithm; Finite mixture; Generalized linear model; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041169720     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00117     Document Type: Article

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