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An Improved Lower Bound on the Minimum Expected Number of Binomial Group Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Julia Abrahams
Julia Abrahams
Affiliation:
Mathematical Sciences Division, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660
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Abstract

The minimum expected number of binomial group tests is lower bounded by the cost of a particular Huffman coding problem whose solution is known. Thus, the information lower bound in binomial group testing is improved when the probability that each item is defective is small.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 121 - 124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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