A Sequential Procedure for Selecting the Most Probable Multinomial Event

Abstract

A sequential sampling procedure is given for selecting the most probable event from a multinomial distribution. Observations are taken sequentially until the largest count in any cell is equal to N or when the difference between the largest and the next largest cell count is equal to r, where r and N are given positive integers. Probability of a correct selection and expected sample number are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1978
Accession Number
ADA083523

Entities

People

  • James T. Ramey Jr.
  • Khursheed Alam

Organizations

  • Clemson University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cell Count
  • Collecting Methods
  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • New York
  • Order Statistics
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Random Walk
  • Sampling
  • South Carolina
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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