The predictive accuracy of a survival model can be summarized using extensions of the proportion of variation explained by the model, or R^2, commonly used for continuous response models, or using extensions of sensitivity and specificity which are commonly used for binary response models.In...

Providing information about the risk of disease and clinical factors that may increase or decrease a patient's risk of disease is standard medical practice. Although case-control studies provide evidence of strong associations between diseases and risk factors, clinicians need to be able to...

We present a review of research studies that deal with personalization. We synthesize current knowledge about these areas, and identify issues that we envision will be of interest to researchers working in the management sciences. We take an interdisciplinary approach that spans the areas of...