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Optimum Detection of Defective Elements in Non-Adaptive Group Testing

Information Theory 2021-02-11 v1 math.IT

Abstract

We explore the problem of deriving a posteriori probabilities of being defective for the members of a population in the non-adaptive group testing framework. Both noiseless and noisy testing models are addressed. The technique, which relies of a trellis representation of the test constraints, can be applied efficiently to moderate-size populations. The complexity of the approach is discussed and numerical results on the false positive probability vs. false negative probability trade-off are presented.

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@article{arxiv.2102.05508,
  title  = {Optimum Detection of Defective Elements in Non-Adaptive Group Testing},
  author = {Gianluigi Liva and Enrico Paolini and Marco Chiani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05508},
  year   = {2021}
}

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To be presented at the special session on Data Science for COVID-19 at CISS 2021

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