Using spreadsheet solvers in sample design

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 527-546

  Stokes, Lynne ^a   Plummer, John ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Excel; Nonlinear program; Optimization; Stratified sample

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SPREADSHEETS;

SAMPLE DESIGN PROBLEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242381272     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(02)00322-5     Document Type: Article

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