On estimating the size and confidence of a statistical audit

EVT 2007 - 2007 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Aslam, Javed A ^a   Popa, Raluca A ^b   Rivest, Ronald L ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING; VOTING MACHINES;

EMPIRICAL TESTING; HAND HELD CALCULATORS; HIGHLY ACCURATE; OPTIMAL SAMPLES; REPRESENTATIVE VALUES; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL SAMPLING; UPPER BOUND;

ELECTRONIC VOTING;

EID: 85092086562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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