On easily interpretable multivariate reference regions of rectangular shape

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 491-511

  Wellek, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control of multiple false positive rate; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multivariate normal distribution; Nonparametric estimation; Sample size determination

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; GEOMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROL OF MULTIPLE FALSE-POSITIVE RATE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; LABORATORY MEDICINES; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MULTI-VARIATE NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; RECTANGULAR SHAPES; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 79959619255     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000147     Document Type: Article

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