David Goldsman
ABSTRACT
This tutorial concerns the ranking and selection problem of choosing that one of k normal populations (with common known variance) which has the largest mean. We discuss a number of procedures which guarantee a specified probability of selecting the correct population. We concentrate on so-called indifference-zone procedures.
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- Tutorial on indifference-zone normal means ranking and selection procedures
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