Hierarchical Rank Aggregation with Applications to Nanotoxicology

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-177

  Patel, Trina ^a,b   Telesca, Donatello ^a,b   Rallo, Robert ^b,c   George, Saji ^b,d   Xia, Tian ^b,d   Nel, André E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical models; Hazard ranking; Loss functions; Nanotoxicology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84878417901     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-013-0129-y     Document Type: Article

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