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An Introduction to Ranking and Selection |
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| Authors: | Jean D. Gibbons Ingram Olkin Milton Sobel |
| Affiliation: | 1. Applied Statistics Program, The University of Alabama , University , AL , 35486 , USA;2. Department of Statistics and School of Education , Stanford University , Stanford , CA , 94305 , USA;3. Department of Mathematics , University of California , Santa Barbara , CA , 93106 , USA |
| Abstract: | This expository paper explains the philosophy of the indifference-zone approach and the subset-selection approach to ranking and selection procedures. It includes examples of operating characteristic curves and data applications for selection problems based on the binomial and normal distributions. A variety of different models and goals are provided with a list of references. |
| Keywords: | Indifference zone Operating characteristic curve Ranking procedures Sample size determination Selection procedures Subset selection |