Comparison of costs for multi-stage group testing methods in the pharmaceutical industry

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2189-2209

  Jones, C Matthew ^a   Zhigljavsky, Anatoly A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost function; Group testing; Row and column procedure; Three stage procedure; Two stage procedure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035474933     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-100106070     Document Type: Review

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