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    Step-wise group screening strategies for isolating defective items

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    Date
    2007
    Author
    Otieno, F. A
    Munene, M. M.
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    en
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    Abstract
    Abstract. In this paper, we consider the application of stepwise group screening procedure to blood screening in populations with low human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence rate. Expressions for the saving rate based on the expected number of runs (tests) and on an appropriate cost function considering both the cost of testing and the cost of pooling operations shall be derived. We shall also derive a stopping criteria based on the added cost associated with the operation of pooling. The effect of wrongly specifying the population infection rate shall also be considered.
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    http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33612
    Citation
    The East African Joumal of Statistics Volume l , Number 3, pp. 282 - 293
    Publisher
    JKUAT Press Ltd
     
    'Department of Mathematics, Catholic University of Eastern Africa,
     
    Subject
    .Step-Wise Group Screening, Initial Step, Subsequent Steps, Blood B~, .Pooling Sera, Number of Runs, Cost Function, Stopping Criteria.
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