Sequential Methods and Their Applications

Mukhopadhyay, Nitis; de Silva, Basil M.

• Preface. Objectives, Coverage, and Hopes. Why Sequential? Sequential Probability Ratio Test. Sequential Tests for Composite Hypotheses. Sequential Nonparametric Tests. Estimation of the Mean of a Normal Population. Location Estimation: Negative Exponential Distribution. Point Estimation of the Mean of an Exponential Population. Fixed-Width Intervals from MLEs. Distribution-Free Methods in Estimation. Multivariate Normal Mean Vector Estimation. Estimation in a Linear Model. Estimating the Difference of Two Normal Means. Selecting the Best Normal Population. Sequential Bayesian Estimation. Selected Applications. Appendix. References. Index.