Targeted minimum loss based estimator that outperforms a given estimator

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gruber, Susan ^a   Van Der Laan, Mark J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic linearity of an estimator; causal effect; confounding; efficient influence curve; empirical efficiency maximization; G computation formula; influence curve; loss function; nonparametric structural equation model; positivity assumption; randomization assumption; randomized trial; semiparametric statistical model; targeted maximum likelihood estimation; targeted minimum loss based estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TARGETED MINIMUM LOSS BASED ESTIMATION; VARIANCE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907611575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15574679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1557-4679.1332     Document Type: Article

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