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Research Article

Group sequential hypothesis tests with variable group sizes: Optimal design and performance evaluation

Andrey NovikovMetropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 5744-5760 | Received 20 Oct 2022, Accepted 24 Jun 2023, Published online: 19 Jul 2023

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