Simulation-based parameter estimation for complex models: A breast cancer natural history modelling illustration

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-524

  Chia, Yen Lin ^a   Salzman, Peter ^a   Plevritis, Sylvia K ^b   Glynn, Peter W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MODEL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PROCESS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 9444244514     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280204sm380ra     Document Type: Article

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