Bayesian calibration of microsimulation models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 488, 2009, Pages 1338-1350

  Rutter, Carolyn M ^a,b   Miglioretti, Diana L ^a,b   Savarino, James E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Identifiability; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049102295     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.ap07466     Document Type: Article

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