Pooled Testing for HIV Screening: Capturing the Dilution Effect

DOI10.1287/OPRE.44.4.543zbMATH Open0865.90091OpenAlexW2139557145MaRDI QIDQ5689779FDOQ5689779

Authors: Lawrence M. Wein, Stefanos A. Zenios 

Publication date: 7 January 1997

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/48839

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zbMATH Keywords

simulation studydynamic programming algorithmgroup testing policy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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