The 'cut-off probability' as the measure of quantal improbability in the dilution method

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3099-3107

  Kohno, Tetsuro ^a   Fukunaga, Sakae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Res Inst of Ishikawajima Harima H   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer program; Cut off probability; Deviance; Dilution method; Improbability; Maximum likelihood; Maximum likelihood estimator; MPN

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

DILUTION METHOD; IMPROBABILITY;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; DILUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032189479     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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