Matlab Code for MOST Simulations

MATLAB code supporting the paper "Comparison of a phased experimental approach and a single randomized clinical trial for developing multicomponent behavioral interventions"

Here we provide the code corresponding to the methods described in the appendix and the results reported in the paper. To replicate the results, download all the programs into a single folder (e.g. workspace) and run the following driver code:

Driver for the entire simulation

The driver calls the following routine to conduct one simulation:

Operationalization of both classical and phased experimental approach

Operationalization of classical approach - called by the previous routine

Routine for conducting follow-up experiments

Following is a list of routines that sets the true parameter values and a priori beliefs. Save these .m files to the same workspace used in running the driver:

True parameter values

Mean of eta parameters

Mean of beta parameters

Mean of alpha parameters

Standard deviation of eta parameters

Standard deviation of beta parameters

Standard deviation of alpha parameters

Implementation of Algorithm 1 in the appendix and its variants:

find_best_comb

find_best_comb_aliasing

find_best_comb_aliasing_1

find_best_comb_aliasing_2