A review of composite sampling methods

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 443, 1998, Pages 1216-1230

  Lancaster, Vicki A ^a   Keller mcnulty, Sallie ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group screening; Group testing; Pooling; Weighing designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008029339     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10473781     Document Type: Article

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