Optimal scheduling of examinations for the early detection of disease

DOI10.1093/biomet/80.2.279zbMath0778.62102OpenAlexW1983946792MaRDI QIDQ3142230

Marvin Zelen

Publication date: 9 January 1994

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/80.2.279

zbMATH Keywords

point processlength biased samplingperiodic screeningforward recurrence timediagnosis of diseaseoptimal spacing between examinationsscreening of breast cancerweighted utility function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90)

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