A class of sequential conditional probability ratio tests

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 432, 1995, Pages 1463-1473

  Xiong, Xiaoping ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption probability; Group sequential test; Random bridge; Sequential sampling; Stopping rule; Wald s SPRT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871256349     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476653     Document Type: Article

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