The basic decision-theoretic troubleshooting task is described in this paper. Dependency sets are defined for a better understanding of dependent actions. It is shown that an optimal troubleshooting sequence is achievable once these sets are solved optimally. Then, an efficient heuristic method is introduced that adjusts action efficiencies myopically and performs a greedy search. Performance o...

Although chronic myelogenous leukemia in pregnancy is rare, its management and treatment is more difficult and complicated.Treatment of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia includes bone marrow transplantation, however in less than 30% of patients the donor’s organ would be accepted. To this end, cytotoxic therapy is considered as an alternative therapeutic option. This option provides sa...

Abstract Background Statistical methods for modeling longitudinal and time-to-event data has received much attention in medical research is becoming increasingly useful. In clinical studies, such as cancer AIDS, biomarkers are used to monitor disease progression predict survival. These measures often missing at failure times may be prone measurement errors. More importantly, time-dependent surv...