Unbiased estimation following a group sequential test

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Liu, Aiyi ^a   Hall, W J ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Truncation adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000949287     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.1.71     Document Type: Article

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