Modeling in Medical Decision Making – A Bayesian Approach Parmigiani Hardback

Modeling in Medical Decision MakingA Bayesian Approach\nAuthor(s): Giovanni Parmigiani\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471986089, 978-0471986089\nSynopsis\nMedical decision making has evolved in recent years, as more complex problems are being faced and addressed based on increasingly large amounts of data. In parallel, advances in computing have led to a host of new and powerful statistical tools to support decision making. Simulation-based Bayesian methods are especially promising, as they provide a unified framework for data collection, inference, and decision making. In addition, these methods are simple to interpret, and can help to address the most pressing practical and ethical concerns arising in medical decision making.\n * Provides an overview of the necessary methodological background, including Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo simulation, and utility theory.\n * Driven by three real ap.