A comparison of variable selection approaches for dynamic treatment regimes

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Biernot, Peter ^a   Moodie, Erica E M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive treatment strategies; Binary outcomes; Categorical variables; Depression; Dynamic treatment regimes; Reducts; STAR*D; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; THYROID HORMONE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOISE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77249154576     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1178     Document Type: Article

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