Connections, Context, and Community: Abraham Wald and the Sequential Probability Ratio Test

Mathematical Intelligencer

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Hunter, Patti Wilger ^a  

^a WESTMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0742271400     PISSN: 03436993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985397     Document Type: Review

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