Regularization Methods for Predicting an Ordinal Response using Longitudinal High-dimensional Genomic Data

Ordinal scales are commonly used to measure health status and disease related outcomes in hospital settings as well as in translational medical research. Notable examples include cancer staging, which is a five-category ordinal scale indicating tumor size, node involvement, and likelihood of metasta...

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Main Author: Hou, Jiayi
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3242
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4241&context=etd