A study of a modified binary search for use in sensitivity testing

A modified binary search routine was developed by Tysver to provide inputs (estimates of parameters of threshold stimulus distributions) to the Probit and Staircase techniques for sensitivity testing. A high speed digital computer was used to provide simulated sensitivity data in order to test the modified search (more specifically, study the parameter estimates generated by the search). The results show that the modified search does not give practical input information to the techniques mentioned above. However, further refinements of extensions to the basic search patterns should yield better estimates of the distribution parameters.

Department dc:contributor.department

Operations Research

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1972

Author dc:creator

• Hall, Robert Eric, III

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tysver, J. Bryce

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/16383

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/16383