A posterior tale

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 346-350

  Korn, Edward L ^a   Freidlin, Boris ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Data monitoring; Posterior distribution; Predictive distribution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA MONITORING; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTIONS; REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS;

EID: 34547279371     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200510264     Document Type: Article

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