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From the reviews: Overall, the book provides an excellent reviewof DTRs up to date. After finishing reading the book, I planned to create a post-graduate seminar course on this topic using this book as a textbook. I enthusiastically recommend this book. This book will be a valuable reference for anyone interested and involved in research on personalized medicine. (Hyonggin An, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, April, 2015) The intended audience includes physicians, clinical researchers, physicians in training, statisticians, and medical students, as well as master's and doctoral students in the field of biostatistics and epidemiology and computer scientists. ... This book provides a concise summary of the key findings in the statistical literature of dynamic treatment regimes. ... The simple language and well-organized chapters are unsurpassed attributes of this book. It will be an exceptional resource for quick review. (Parthiv Amin, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2013)

"From the reviews: ""Overall, the book provides an excellent reviewof DTRs up to date. After finishing reading the book, I planned to create a post-graduate seminar course on this topic using this book as a textbook. I enthusiastically recommend this book. This book will be a valuable reference for anyone interested and involved in research on personalized medicine."" (Hyonggin An, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, April, 2015) “The intended audience includes physicians, clinical researchers, physicians in training, statisticians, and medical students, as well as master’s and doctoral students in the field of biostatistics and epidemiology and computer scientists. … This book provides a concise summary of the key findings in the statistical literature of dynamic treatment regimes. … The simple language and well-organized chapters are unsurpassed attributes of this book. It will be an exceptional resource for quick review.” (Parthiv Amin, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2013)"

From the reviews: The intended audience includes physicians, clinical researchers, physicians in training, statisticians, and medical students, as well as master's and doctoral students in the field of biostatistics and epidemiology and computer scientists. ... This book provides a concise summary of the key findings in the statistical literature of dynamic treatment regimes. ... The simple language and well-organized chapters are unsurpassed attributes of this book. It will be an exceptional resource for quick review. (Parthiv Amin, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2013)

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Bibhas Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. His primary research interests lie in dynamic treatment regimes, machine learning and data mining including reinforcement learning, causal inference, and design and analysis of clinical trials. He received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Calcutta, a Master’s degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, and a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the Calderone Research Prize for Junior Faculty from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, in 2011. Erica Moodie is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at McGill University. Her main interests lie in causal inference and longitudinal data with a focus on methods for HIV research. She is an Associate Editor of The International Journal of Biostatistics and Journal of Causal Inference. She received a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Winnipeg, an M.Phil. in Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Washington. She is the recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council University Faculty Award.

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