Mathematical Sciences: Adaptive Sampling

这项研究的目的是发展和推广自适应抽样的理论和方法，特别是关注自然资源丰度的估计问题。这种设计特别适用于通常在采样植物、动物、化石燃料资源中发现的聚集或聚集分布；它们可能同样适用于流行病学中的某些问题。将推导出自适应抽样设计的性质，并与目前广泛使用的常规设计进行效率比较。

The objective of this research is to develop and extend the theory and methods of adaptive sampling, with particular attention to problems of estimation of abundance of a natural resource. Such designs are particularly applicable to clumped or aggregated distributions as are often found in sampling plants, animals, fossile fuel resources; they may be equally promising for certain problems in epidemiology. Properties of adaptive sampling designs will be derived; and comparisons of efficiency will be made with conventional designs currently in widespread use.