This function calculates the empirical value functions as
defined in equation (8) in Section 2.2 of the manuscript.
evf(data, pred, propensity)
Arguments
| data |
a data frame containing the ID (ID), outcome (reward),
and observed treatment (treatment) information of subjects. |
| pred |
a matrix with K(K-1)/2 columns, where K is the total number
of treatments. Each column is the recommendations between two treatments
for all subjects. |
| propensity |
a data frame with K columns, where K is the total number
of treatments. The kth column is the propensity scores of assigning
the kth treatment to subjects. |
Value
A scalar as defined in equation (8) in Section 2.2 of
the manuscript.