Finding the optimal cut-point for Gaussian and Gamma distributed biomarkers

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Rota, Matteo ^a   Antolini, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Concordance probability; Minimum P value approach; Optimal cut point; Point closest to (0, 1) corner in the ROC plane; Youden index

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER DISTRIBUTIONS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CUT-POINT; P-VALUES; POINT CLOSEST-TO-(0, 1) CORNER IN THE ROC PLANE; SIMULATION SCENARIOS; YOUDEN INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

BIOMARKERS;

EID: 84881274966     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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