Optimal response-adaptive designs for continuous responses in phase III trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 928-940

  Biswas, Atanu ^a   Bhattacharya, Rahul ^b   Zhang, Lanju ^c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Ethical allocation; Minimization; Truncated normal distribution; Two parameter exponential family

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; CONSTRAINT; ETHICAL ALLOCATION; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; IN-PHASE; MINIMISATION; OPTIMAL RESPONSE; TRUNCATED NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO PARAMETER; TWO PARAMETER EXPONENTIAL FAMILY;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38049160781     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610358     Document Type: Article

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