Asymptotic properties of covariate-adaptive randomization

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1794-1815

  Hu, Yanqing ^a   Hu, Feifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing covariates; Clinical trial; Marginal balance; Markov chain; Pocock and Simon's design; Stratified permuted block

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872091588     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOS983     Document Type: Article

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