Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R
Matching is an R package which provides functions for multivariate and propensity score matching and for finding optimal covariate balance based on a genetic search algorithm. A variety of univariate and multivariate metrics to determine if balance actually has been obtained are provided. The underl...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Foundation for Open Access Statistics
2011-08-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Statistical Software |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i07/paper |
| _version_ | 1811281672927182848 |
|---|---|
| author | Jasjeet S. Sekhon |
| author_facet | Jasjeet S. Sekhon |
| author_sort | Jasjeet S. Sekhon |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Matching is an R package which provides functions for multivariate and propensity score matching and for finding optimal covariate balance based on a genetic search algorithm. A variety of univariate and multivariate metrics to determine if balance actually has been obtained are provided. The underlying matching algorithm is written in C++, makes extensive use of system BLAS and scales efficiently with dataset size. The genetic algorithm which finds optimal balance is parallelized and can make use of multiple CPUs or a cluster of computers. A large number of options are provided which control exactly how the matching is conducted and how balance is evaluated. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T01:37:53Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-b6d400df168b48619b4d707cb6b849af |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1548-7660 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T01:37:53Z |
| publishDate | 2011-08-01 |
| publisher | Foundation for Open Access Statistics |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Statistical Software |
| spelling | doaj.art-b6d400df168b48619b4d707cb6b849af2022-12-22T03:08:18ZengFoundation for Open Access StatisticsJournal of Statistical Software1548-76602011-08-014207Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for RJasjeet S. SekhonMatching is an R package which provides functions for multivariate and propensity score matching and for finding optimal covariate balance based on a genetic search algorithm. A variety of univariate and multivariate metrics to determine if balance actually has been obtained are provided. The underlying matching algorithm is written in C++, makes extensive use of system BLAS and scales efficiently with dataset size. The genetic algorithm which finds optimal balance is parallelized and can make use of multiple CPUs or a cluster of computers. A large number of options are provided which control exactly how the matching is conducted and how balance is evaluated.http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i07/paperpropensity score matchingmultivariate matchinggenetic optimizationcausal inferenceR |
| spellingShingle | Jasjeet S. Sekhon Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R Journal of Statistical Software propensity score matching multivariate matching genetic optimization causal inference R |
| title | Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R |
| title_full | Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R |
| title_fullStr | Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R |
| title_short | Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching package for R |
| title_sort | multivariate and propensity score matching software with automated balance optimization the matching package for r |
| topic | propensity score matching multivariate matching genetic optimization causal inference R |
| url | http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i07/paper |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jasjeetssekhon multivariateandpropensityscorematchingsoftwarewithautomatedbalanceoptimizationthematchingpackageforr |