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A Note on Double Pooling Tests

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Abstract

We present double pooling, a simple, easy-to-implement variation on test pooling, that in certain ranges for the a priori probability of a positive test, is significantly more efficient than the standard single pooling approach (the Dorfman method).

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@article{arxiv.2004.01684,
  title  = {A Note on Double Pooling Tests},
  author = {Andrei Z. Broder and Ravi Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.01684},
  year   = {2020}
}