Optimal design via curve fitting of Monte Carlo experiments

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 432, 1995, Pages 1322-1330

  Müller, Peter ^a   Parmigiani, Giovanni ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian design; Optimal statistical decisions; Simulation; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344450598     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476636     Document Type: Article

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