Interaction trees: Exploring the differential effects of an intervention programme for breast cancer survivors

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-474

  Su, Xiaogang ^a   Meneses, Karen ^a   Mcnees, Patrick ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Interaction; Longitudinal data; Permutation; Random forests; Subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954579273     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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