Exact Computation of Minimum Sample size for Estimation of Poisson Parameters

@misc{citeulike:2920813, abstract = {In this paper, we develop an approach for the exact determination of the minimum sample size for the estimation of a Poisson parameter with prescribed margin of error and confidence level. The exact computation is made possible by reducing infinite many evaluations of coverage probability to finite many evaluations. Such reduction is based on our discovery that the minimum of coverage probability with respect to a Poisson parameter bounded in an interval is attained at a discrete set of finite many values.}, author = {Chen, Xinjia }, citeulike-article-id = {2920813}, eprint = {0707.2116}, keywords = {poisson, probability-course, statistics}, month = {Jun}, posted-at = {2008-06-24 09:09:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Exact Computation of Minimum Sample size for Estimation of Poisson Parameters}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2116}, year = {2008} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2920813 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2920813 TI - Exact Computation of Minimum Sample size for Estimation of Poisson Parameters N2 - In this paper, we develop an approach for the exact determination of the minimum sample size for the estimation of a Poisson parameter with prescribed margin of error and confidence level. The exact computation is made possible by reducing infinite many evaluations of coverage probability to finite many evaluations. Such reduction is based on our discovery that the minimum of coverage probability with respect to a Poisson parameter bounded in an interval is attained at a discrete set of finite many values. KW - poisson KW - probability-course KW - statistics AU - Chen, Xinjia PY - 2008/Jun/19/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2116 ER -