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Some new properties of the Bechhofer-Kiefer-Sobel stopping rule

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Tong, Y.L. Some new properties of the Bechhofer-Kiefer-Sobel stopping rule. Ann Inst Stat Math 31, 423–433 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480299

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