Statistical Partition Problem for Exponential Populations and Statistical Surveillance of Cancers in Louisian

In this dissertation, we consider the problem of partitioning a set of k population with respect to a control population. For this problem some multistage methodologies are proposed and their properties are derived. Using the Monte Carlo simulation techniques, the small and moderate sample size performance of the proposed procedure are studied.;We have also considered at statistical surveillance of various cancers in Louisiana.