Minimax regret treatment choice with finite samples and missing outcome data

ISIPTA 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 415-424

  Stoye, Jörg ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimax regret; Missing data; Partial identification; Statistical decision theory; Treatment evaluation

Indexed keywords

MINIMAX REGRET; MISSING DATA; PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY; TREATMENT EVALUATION;

ABSTRACTING; PROBABILITY;

SAMPLING;

EID: 84883228335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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