Efficient estimation of the prevalence of multiple rare traits

Biometrika

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-327

  Hughes Oliver, Jacqueline M ^a   Rosenberger, William F ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Compound D optimality; General equivalence theorem; Group testing; Optimum design; Pooled testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042458588     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/87.2.315     Document Type: Article

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