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Sequential Analysis
Design Methods and Applications
Volume 23, 2004 - Issue 2
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Interval Estimation Approach to Counting by Weighing: A Sequential Scheme

Xinyu Wei Johnson and Johnson, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Titusville, New Jersey, USA
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T.N. Sriram Department of Statistics, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; Department of Statistics, The University of Georgia, 204 Statistics Building, Athens, GA, 30602, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 285-296 | Received 01 May 2003, Accepted 01 Nov 2003, Published online: 18 Aug 2006

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