Open AccessSelecting the highest probability in binomial or multinomial trials
Author(s) -
Bruce Levin,
Herbert Robbins
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.78.8.4663
Subject(s) - multinomial distribution , binomial (polynomial) , statistics , binomial distribution , negative multinomial distribution , mathematics , population , negative binomial distribution , econometrics , beta binomial distribution , demography , poisson distribution , sociology
Some sequential procedures are considered for selecting the binomial population with largest success probability or for selecting the multinomial outcome with highest cell probability. Procedures with and without sequential elimination of inferior populations are evaluated with respect to the expected probability of the population selected.