Estimating ordered binomial proportions with the use of group testing

Biometrika

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-477

  Tebbs, Joshua M ^a   Swallow, William H ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite sampling; HIV seroprevalence; Isotonic regression; Maximum likelihood; Order restricted inference; Pooled testing; Vector transfer design

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0041599433     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/90.2.471     Document Type: Article

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