The diagnostic accuracy of a composite index increases as the number of partitions of the components increases and when specific weights are assigned to each component

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-554

  Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Application; AUC; Indices; Simulations; Specificity; Weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949529278     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760902751876     Document Type: Article

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