Semi-parametric maximum likelihood estimates for ROC curves of continuous-scale tests
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Semi-parametric maximum likelihood estimates for ROC curves of continuous-scale tests.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Statistics in Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0277-6715,1097-0258
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3349