Optimal decision making for breast cancer treatment in the presence of cancer regression and type II error in mammography results

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-12583-1_13zbMATH Open1316.49047OpenAlexW570994583MaRDI QIDQ5256643FDOQ5256643

Authors: Sergio A. Vargas, Shengfan Zhang, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei 

Publication date: 19 June 2015

Published in: Analysis, Modelling, Optimization, and Numerical Techniques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12583-1_13

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zbMATH Keywords

breast cancerMarkov decision processesoptimal decision makingmammographycancer regressiondynamic treatment decisionsscreening policies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Applications of optimal control and differential games (49N90) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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