Stochastic inequality probabilities for adaptively randomized clinical trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 356-365

  Cook, John D ^a   Nadarajah, Saralees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive randomization; Clinical trials; Hypergeometric functions; Stochastic inequalities

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION; CLINICAL METHODS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GAMMA-GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; INVERSE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMISATION; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; STOCHASTIC INEQUALITY; STOCHASTICS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745643620     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200510220     Document Type: Article

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