Cost considerations for efficient group testing studies

@article{Huang2020CostCF,
  title={Cost considerations for efficient group testing studies},
  author={Shih‐Hao Huang and Mong-Na Lo Huang and Kerby Shedden},
  journal={Statistica Sinica},
  year={2020}
}
A group testing study involves collecting samples from multiple individuals, pooling them, and testing them as a group. A realistic cost model for such a study should consider the costs both for collecting the samples, and for running the assays. Moreover, an efficient design should accommodate inaccuracies in any prespecified nominal test sensitivity and specificity values, and allow them to vary with group size. In this work, we derive locally optimal designs in this setting, and characterize… 
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