Hidden Markov Chain Analysis: Impact of Misclassification on Effect of Covariates in Disease Progression and Regression

Most of the chronic diseases have a well-known natural staging system through which the disease progression is interpreted. It is well established that the transition rates from one stage of disease to other stage can be modeled by multi state Markov models. But, it is also well known that the scree...

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Main Author: Polisetti, Haritha
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2016
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6568
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7765&context=etd