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Proof of a lower bound formula for the expected reward in the levin-robbins sequential elimination procedure |
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| Authors: | Cheng Shiun Leu Levin Bruce |
| Affiliation: | 1. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies , New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University , 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032;2. Division of Biostatistics , The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University , 600 West 168 th Street, New York, 10032 |
| Abstract: | We prove the general validity of a lower bound formula conjectured by Levin and Robbins to give a lower bound for the expected reward in a sequential elimination procedure designed to identify the best of c binomial populations. |
| Keywords: | Sequential elimination procedure Expected reward Lower bound formula |