Alternatives To Winbugs for Network Meta–Analysis
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Alternatives To Winbugs for Network Meta-Analysis.
xxx • Network meta-analysis (NMA) of clinical trial outcomes is usually based on Bayesian statistics and hence requires software for Monte Carlo Markov chain (MCMC) sampling. • The most common choice of software for NMA is currently WinBUGS, in part because there is a large body of WinBUGS code for NMA in the literature. • However, WinBUGS can be slow and difficult to use – the error messages a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2730