Efficient network meta-analysis: a confidence distribution approach

DOI10.1016/j.stamet.2014.01.003zbMath1486.62012WikidataQ42747246 ScholiaQ42747246MaRDI QIDQ1731219

Regina Y. Liu, Min-ge Xie, Dungang Liu, Guang Yang, David C. Hoaglin

Publication date: 13 March 2019

Published in: Statistical Methodology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4109833

zbMATH Keywords

confidence distribution; random-effects model; network meta-analysis; mixed treatment comparisons; multiple treatment comparison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F25: Parametric tolerance and confidence regions

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

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