Optimal dynamic regimes: Presenting a case for predictive inference

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Arjas, Elja ^a   Saarela, Olli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametric regression; Causal inference; Dynamic programming; Monotonicity; Optimal dynamic regimes

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; OPTIMAL DYNAMIC REGIME; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 77950544350     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1204     Document Type: Article

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