Efficient Robbins-Monro procedure for binary data

Biometrika

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 461-470

  Joseph, V Roshan ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantile estimation; Sequential design; Stochastic approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944585604     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/91.2.461     Document Type: Article

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