Implementing optimal allocation for sequential continuous responses with multiple treatments

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2420-2430

  Zhu, Hongjian ^a   Hu, Feifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Exponential responses; Multiple treatments; Optimal allocation; Power; Response adaptive design

Indexed keywords

EID: 62049085438     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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