A binary search scheme for determining all contaminated specimens

Specimens are collected from N different sources. Each specimen has probability p of being contaminated (in the case of a disease, e.g., p is the prevalence rate), independently of the other specimens. Suppose we can apply group testing, namely take small portions from several specimens, mix them to...

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Main Author: Papanicolaou, V.G (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2021
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