A new class of self-designing clinical trials.
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A class of self-designing clinical trials is considered which according to an effective but simple, finite learning algorithm consists of automatically adaptively planned weighted group sequential trials with a decision about rejection of the null-hypothesis at each step, but the full level-alpha-test at the end of the study preserved.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Studies in health technology and informatics
دوره 77 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000