Improved variable selection algorithm using a LASSO-Type penalty, with an application to assessing hepatitis b infection relevant factors in community residents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Pi ^a   Zeng, Fangfang ^a   Hu, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Dingmei ^a   Zhu, Shuming ^a   Deng, Yu ^a   Hao, Yuantao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALCULATION; CHINA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LASSO SHRINKAGE REGRESSION MODEL; LASSO TYPE PENALTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VACCINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84942068652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134151     Document Type: Article

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