Optimal response-adaptive designs for normal responses

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Biswas, Atanu ^a   Bhattacharya, Rahul ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Constraints; Ethical allocation; Minimization; Truincated normal distribution; Two parameter exponential family

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; CONSTRAINT; ETHICAL ALLOCATION; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; MINIMISATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL RESPONSE; TRUINCATED NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO PARAMETER; TWO PARAMETER EXPONENTIAL FAMILY;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 60849092259     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200810500     Document Type: Article

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