An algorithm for optimal tapered matching, with application to disparities in survival

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 914-924

  Daniel, Shoshana R ^a   Armstrong, Katrina ^b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^b   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment algorithm; Combinatorial optimization; Matched sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249085065     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186008X385806     Document Type: Article

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