Simulation-based sequential Bayesian design

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3140-3150

  Müller, Peter ^a   Berry, Don A ^a   Grieve, Andy P ^b   Smith, Michael ^c   Krams, Michael ^d  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward induction; Forward simulation; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimal design; Sequential decision

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250160921     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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