Implementing optimal allocation in sequential binary response experiments

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 477, 2007, Pages 224-234

  Tymofyeyev, Yevgen ^a   Rosenberger, William F ^b   Hu, Feifang ^c,d  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Doubly adaptive biased coin design; Neyman allocation; Power; Response adaptive randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947272724     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214506000000906     Document Type: Article

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