Optimal Tradeoffs in Matched Designs Comparing US-Trained and Internationally Trained Surgeons

DOI10.1080/01621459.2020.1720693zbMath1452.62587OpenAlexW3003974095MaRDI QIDQ5146018

Rachel R. Kelz, Samuel D. Pimentel

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

multi-objective optimizationmatchingPareto 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)

Related Items (2)

Graded Matching for Large Observational Studies ⋮ Matching One Sample According to Two Criteria in Observational Studies

Uses Software

• RelaxIV
• mipmatch
• finebalance

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