A new EDAS-based in-sample-out-of-sample classifier for risk-class prediction

Considering a New Sample Unit Definition for Pavement Condition Index

One of the main components of pavement management system (PMS) is pavement evaluation. Several indices have been defined for the evaluation of existing pavement. The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) is a common index used for pavement evaluation. In order to calculate PCI, a significant volume of condition data -based on distress surveying- is required. The objective of this research is to reduce...

Main Risk Factors for Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study in A Sample of Iranian Women

A New Approximation for the Null Distribution of the Likelihood Ratio Test Statistics for k Outliers in a Normal Sample

Usually when performing a statistical test or estimation procedure, we assume the data are all observations of i.i.d. random variables, often from a normal distribution. Sometimes, however, we notice in a sample one or more observations that stand out from the crowd. These observation(s) are commonly called outlier(s). Outlier tests are more formal procedures which have been developed for detec...

Selecting Genes with Dissimilar Discrimination Strength for Sample Class Prediction

One of the main applications of microarray technology is to determine the gene expression profiles of diseases and disease treatments. This is typically done by selecting a small number of genes from amongst thousands to tens of thousands, whose expression values are collectively used as classification profiles. This gene selection process is notoriously challenging because microarray data norm...

Nearest Template Prediction: A Single-Sample-Based Flexible Class Prediction with Confidence Assessment

Gene-expression signature-based disease classification and clinical outcome prediction has not been widely introduced in clinical medicine as initially expected, mainly due to the lack of extensive validation needed for its clinical deployment. Obstacles include variable measurement in microarray assay, inconsistent assay platform, analytical requirement for comparable pair of training and test...