Combining two classical approaches for statistical selection

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1291-1312

  Verheijen, J H M ^a   Coolen, F P A ^b   Van Der Laan, P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indifference zone selection; Normal populations; Preference threshold; Probability of correct selection; Subset selection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY;

INDIFFERENCE ZONE SELECTION; NORMAL POPULATION; PREFERENCE THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY OF CORRECT SELECTION; SUBSET SELECTION;

STATISTICS;

EID: 0031386918     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929708831983     Document Type: Article

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