‘A fixed subset-size approach to the selection problem’

Abstract

The expression (5·3) for Q L , ( 8 , t ) and the inequality (5·4) are incorrect. Equation (5·3) is to be replaced by Q L ( 8 , t ) = ( k - 8 ) ( k - t k - 8 ) { ∫ 0 λ e - α ( s - t + 1 ) ( 1 - e - w ) k - s - 1 d x + ∫ λ ∞ e - ∞ ( s + 1 ) + λ t ( 1 - e - ∞ ) k - s - 1 d x } where λ = nd * /σ. The inequality (5·6) is to be replaced by { ( s t ) / ( k t ) } e λ t I ( e - λ ; s + 1 , k - s ) + I ( 1 - e - λ ; k - s , s - t + 1 ) ≥ P * where I ( x; a , b ) is the Incomplete Beta Function. A table, similar to Table 1, needed to find the required 8 value is available from M. M. Desu