Mastitis in dairy production: Estimation of sensitivity, specificity and disease prevalence in the absence of a gold standard

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-98

  Uhler, Caroline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Bayesian model averaging; Hui and Walter model; Mastitis diagnostic tests; MCMC; RJMCMC; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84866478843     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jabes.2009.0005     Document Type: Article

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