Table 18 Model comparison criteria: Mean BIC, mean DIC, mean ML, and fraction of non-rejected normality tests with KS for the unperturbed fibrosarcoma Sa-37 tumor data.

From: Proper likelihood functions for parameter estimation in S-shaped models of unperturbed tumor growth

Model

\({\overline{BIC}}\)

\({\overline{DIC}}\)

\({\overline{ML}}\)

\(\overline{fr(KS)}\)

Norm

\(1.0502 \times 10^{2}\)

\(1.3834 \times 10^{2}\)

\(\mathbf {9.6570 \times 10^{-1}}\)

\(2.0000 \times 10^{-4}\)

Prop

\(1.0468 \times 10^{2}\)

\(1.4159 \times 10^{2}\)

\(9.1871 \times 10^{-1}\)

\(2.7875 \times 10^{-1}\)

Thres

\(1.0635 \times 10^{2}\)

\(\mathbf {1.3704 \times 10^{2}}\)

\(9.6499 \times 10^{-1}\)

\(\mathbf {2.8078 \times 10^{-1}}\)

Stud

\(1.0502 \times 10^{2}\)

\(1.3957 \times 10^{2}\)

\(9.6637 \times 10^{-1}\)

\(3.4800 \times 10^{-4}\)

StudProp

\(\mathbf {1.0214 \times 10^{2}}\)

\(1.4243 \times 10^{2}\)

\(9.1757 \times 10^{-1}\)

\(2.7224 \times 10^{-1}\)