Uniform distributions in a class of convex polyhedrons with applications to drug combination studies

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1854-1865

  Tian, Guo Liang ^a   Fang, Hong Bin ^b   Tan, Ming ^b   Qin, Hong ^c   Tang, Man Lai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Convex polyhedron; Drug combination study; Stochastic representation; Tetragon; Uniform design; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349268970     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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