Multistage bandit problems

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-170

  Cheng, Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandit problems; Clinical trials; Multistage decisions; Optimal strategies; Treatment allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030586587     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3758(95)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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