Hypergeometric group testing with incomplete information

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-350

  Bar Lev, Shaul K ^a   Stadje, Wolfgang ^b   Van der Duyn Schouten, Frank A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EXACT RESULTS; GROUP TESTING; HYPERGEOMETRIC; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; OPTIMAL GROUPS; PROCESSING TIME; TESTING PROCESS; UNDERLYING DISTRIBUTION;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 0043245082     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964803173032     Document Type: Article

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