An adaptive randomized design with application to estimation

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-116

  Melfi, Vincent F ^a   Page, Connie ^a   Geraldes, Margarida ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive allocation; Martingale central limit theorem; Martingale convergence theorem; Randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035628922     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3316054     Document Type: Article

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