A BAYES MODEL IN SEQUENTIAL DESIGN

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the Bayes problem of how to maximize the expected number of successes in N trials when at each trial we are free to choose between two machines I and II whose probabilities rho sigma of success are unknown but have a known a priori distribution F(rho sigma).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 04, 1954
Accession Number
AD0604145

Entities

People

  • S. M. Johnson
  • Samuel Karlin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.