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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2015 Sep 14;36(3):391–409. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15598528
Solution type
x1*
x2*
Lower boundary, x1
max(x1min,β1α1)
min(x2max,x2bound)
Lower boundary, x2
min(x1max,x1bound)
max(x2min,β2α2)
Interior Numerically solve for (x1*,x2*): 2kQα1(x1*)2+(2a2α1+kQ(β1C1))x1*+a2(C1β1) =2kQα2(x2*)2+(2a1α2+kQ(β2C2))x2*+a1(C2β2)
or
2kIAα1(x1*)2+(2b2α1+kIA(β1C1))x1*+b2(C1β1) =2kIAα2(x2*)2+(2b1α2+kIA(β2C2))x2*+b1(C2β2) x2*=β2C2±(C2β2)24α2[α1(x1*)2+(C1β1)x1*B]2α2