Matching on‐the‐fly: Sequential allocation with higher power and efficiency

DOI10.1111/biom.12148zbMath1419.62375arXiv1305.4981WikidataQ45885236 ScholiaQ45885236MaRDI QIDQ5170207

Adam Kapelner, Abba M. Krieger

Publication date: 22 July 2014

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.4981

zbMATH Keywords

matching; clinical trials; sequential allocation; squared Mahalanobis distance; alternatives to randomization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

62L05: Sequential statistical design

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Uses Software

• BayesTree
• DOS
• BartPy

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