SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF VARIABLE-SIZE GROUP-TESTING AND ITS RELATED CONTINUOUS MODELS

被引:7
作者
CHEN, CL
SWALLOW, WH
机构
[1] DEBORAH HEART & LUNG CTR,DEPT SURG,BROWNS MILLS,NJ 08015
[2] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT STAT,RALEIGH,NC 27695
关键词
ROBUSTNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GROUP TESTING;
D O I
10.1002/bimj.4710370207
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
Parallels between the discrete group-testing model and some closely-related continuous models are elucidated. It is shown that in both the discrete and continuous cases, the maximum likelihood estimators may suffer from similar lack of robustness. Isotonic regression and maximum likelihood estimation were therefore compared for a modified group testing model.
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页码:173 / 181
页数:9
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