Shortest path or random walks? A framework for path weights in network meta-analysis.
Rücker Gerta, Papakonstantinou Theodoros, Nikolakopoulou Adriani, +3 more·Statistics in medicine
Quantifying the contributions, or weights, of comparisons or single studies to the estimates in a network meta-analysis (NMA) is an active area of research. We extend this work to include the contributions of paths of evidence. We present a general framework, based on the path-design matrix, that describes the problem…