Monte Carlo simulation of parameter confidence intervals for non-linear regression analysis of biological data using Microsoft Excel

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Lambert, Ronald J W ^a   Mytilinaios, Ioannis ^a   Maitland, Luke ^a   Brown, Angus M ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excel; Monte Carlo simulation; SOLVER

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DATA; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; EXCEL; EXCEL SPREADSHEETS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GROWTH INHIBITION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE FUNCTION; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; OPTIC NERVE; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLVER;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTECTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPREADSHEETS;

FUNCTIONS;

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLVER AND ANALYSIS TOOLPAK ADD IN OF THE MICROSOFT EXCEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861962710     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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