A Subset Selection Formulation of the Complete Ranking Problem.

Abstract

Let (Pi sub 1),...,(Pi sub k) be k independent populations with absolutely continuous distribution functions F sub (theta sub i) (x), i=1,...,k, where (theta sub i) are unknown real-valued parameters. The populations are ranked according to the values of the (theta sub i). The problem is to design a procedure to select a nonempty subset of all k fectorial rankings so as to include the correct ranking with a minimum probability P*. Section 2 considers the cases where the distribution of a statistic (T sub i) = T(X sub i1),...,(X sub in) from (Pi sub i) involves (theta sub i) as a location or scale parameter. Applications to the ranking of normal means (known common variance) and normal variances are discussed. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000251

Entities

People

  • Deng Yuang Huang
  • S. Panchapakesan

Organizations

  • Purdue University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Distribution Functions
  • Mathematics
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Regression Analysis.