Estimation of distributions involving unobservable events: the case of optimal search with unknown target distributions

DOI10.1007/s10044-007-0095-5zbMath1426.62236WikidataQ60327897 ScholiaQ60327897MaRDI QIDQ710617

B. John Oommen, Qingxin Zhu

Publication date: 19 October 2010

Published in: PAA. Pattern Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-007-0095-5

zbMATH Keywords

estimation of unobservable events; optimal search theory; unknown target distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62L10: Sequential statistical analysis

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