A Procedure for Selecting a Subset of Size m Containing the l Best of k Independent Normal Populations, with Applications to Simulation

Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 719-734

  Koenig, Lloyd W ^a   Law, Averill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

indifference zone approach; probability of correct selection; ranking and selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001640560     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: 15324141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610918508812467     Document Type: Article

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