DTR. Daring tree rodents? Death, taxes, religion? Don’t teach reservedly? No, says Kyle, it stands for dynamic treatment regimes. Ah, yes, dynamic treatment regimes.
This morning, I entered the Labs knowing precious little about DTR, but come noontime, my outlook had brightened. Dynamic treatment regimes? Yes, please. More, more, the children cried. Such methods are the future, cleverly-defined sets of policies that produce optimal patient results. If you pattern-recognizing observers have failed to notice any trends in my “work” thus far, I shall make them abundantly clear in one word: optimization. All of these mathematical armaments and statistical frameworks seek to identify the best answer to a designated problem. It’s fittingly Trumpian—the BEST, give me the BEST!
Kyle, down to earth and unbelievably intelligent, gave me a brief rundown of his work as well as a needed refresher on reinforced learning. If needed, I’m fairly confident I could explain these concepts at a two-year-old level. In fact, I’d welcome the opportunity…
More learning awaits, but will it be reinforced…?