Optimal tradeoffs in matched designs comparing US-trained and internationally trained surgeons

DOI10.1080/01621459.2020.1720693MaRDI QIDQ5146018zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Samuel D. Pimentel, Rachel R. Kelz

Publication date 22 January 2021

Published in Journal of the American Statistical Association (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xz706rf

zbMATH Keywords

matchingmulti-objective optimizationPareto optimalitynetwork flow optimizationfine balance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Multi-objective and goal programming (90C29) Deterministic network models in operations research (90B10)

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Uses Software

• finebalance
• mipmatch
• RelaxIV

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