A sufficient condition for the uniqueness of multinomial sequential unbiased estimators is provided generalizing a classical result for binomial samples. Unbiased estimators are applied to infer the parameters of multidimensional or multinomial random walks that are observed until they reach a boundary. Clinical trials are shown to be representable within this scheme and an application to the estimation of the multinomial probabilities following multinomial clinical trials is presented.
Boundary Crossing Random Walks, Clinical Trials, and Multinomial Sequential Estimation / Bibbona, Enrico; Alessandro, Rubba. - In: SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0747-4946. - STAMPA. - 31:(2012), pp. 99-107. [10.1080/07474946.2012.652014]
Boundary Crossing Random Walks, Clinical Trials, and Multinomial Sequential Estimation
BIBBONA, ENRICO;
2012
Abstract
A sufficient condition for the uniqueness of multinomial sequential unbiased estimators is provided generalizing a classical result for binomial samples. Unbiased estimators are applied to infer the parameters of multidimensional or multinomial random walks that are observed until they reach a boundary. Clinical trials are shown to be representable within this scheme and an application to the estimation of the multinomial probabilities following multinomial clinical trials is presented.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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