Least equivalent allowable differences in equivalence testing

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-547

  Meyners, Michael ^a  

^a Givaudan SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Equivalence testing; Maximum allowable difference; Similarity testing; Two one sided tests (TOST)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845308585     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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