On a problem of counting by weighing

DOI10.2307/3315478zbMath0698.62016OpenAlexW2055774989MaRDI QIDQ3476116

Yu, Kai Fun

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Canadian Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3315478

zbMATH Keywords

renewal theorygamma distributionaverage sample numbercost of samplingtotal weightoptimal fixed sample sizeBayes proceduresmean weightprior inverted gamma distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05) Sequential statistical methods (62L99) Nonparametric inference (62G99)

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Interval Estimation Approach to Counting by Weighing: A Sequential Scheme, Counting by weighing: construction of two-sided confidence intervals, Counting by Weighing: An Alternative Sampling Scheme

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