On the probability of correct selection in the Levin-Robbins sequential elimination procedure

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 879-891

  Leu, Cheng Shiun ^a   Levin, Bruce ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower bound formula; Probability of correct selection; Sequential elimination procedure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033407299     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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3. Levin, B. and Robbins, H. (1981). Selecting the highest probability in binomial or multinomial trials. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 4663-4666.
4. Zybert, P. and Levin, B. (1987). Selecting the highest of three binomial probabilities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 8180-8184.