On Partitioning a Sample With Binary-Type Questions in Lieu of Collecting Observations

DOI10.2307/2287842zbMath0465.62014OpenAlexW4244008789MaRDI QIDQ3917302

Milton Sobel, Kenneth J. Arrow, Leon Pesotchinsky

Publication date: 1981

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2287842

zbMATH Keywords

binary-type questionsoptimal sequential search

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Sequential statistical methods (62L99) Applications of statistics (62P99) Statistical ranking and selection procedures (62F07) Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12) Sequential estimation (62L12) Nonparametric inference (62G99)

Related Items (8)

An optimal strategy for a conflict resolution problem ⋮ The communication cost of selfishness ⋮ A unified minimum-search method for resolving contentions in multiaccess networks with ternary feedback ⋮ Inefficiency of equilibria in digital mechanisms with continuous valuations ⋮ THE ENTROPIC MARKET HYPOTHESIS ⋮ Expected cost bounds for the selection and ordering procedures based on binary-type questions ⋮ Asking questions ⋮ Robustness of the ordering procedures based on binary-type questions and on pairwise comparisons

This page was built for publication: On Partitioning a Sample With Binary-Type Questions in Lieu of Collecting Observations