Delayed response in randomized play-the-winner rule revisited

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 715-731

  Biswas, Atanu ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Delayed response; Limiting proportion of allocation; Play the winner rule; Risk function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000204578     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919908813574     Document Type: Article

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