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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Some aspects of the sequential design of experiments
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 58 (1952), 527-535
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Additional Information
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 58 (1952), 527-535
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1952-09620-8
  • MathSciNet review: 0050246