Multinomial group testing models with incomplete identification

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 384-401

  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

Group testing; Multinomial trials; Optimal group size; Optimal truncation; Stopping rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144485866     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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