Table of contents : Sequential Analysis and Optimal Design......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Sequential Analysis and Optimal Design......Page 11 Generalities about the conventional theory of design of experiments.......Page 13 Optimal sample size.......Page 15 Preliminaries on regression.......Page 18 Design for linear regression: Elfving's method.......Page 23 Maximum-likelihood estimation.......Page 26 Locally optimal designs for estimation.......Page 33 More design in regression experiments.......Page 41 Testing hypotheses.......Page 47 Optimal sample size in testing.......Page 65 Sequential probability-ratio......Page 67 Optimality of sequential probability-ratio test.......Page 73 Motivation for an approach to sequential design of experiments in testing hypotheses.......Page 76 Asymptotic optimality of Procedure A in sequential design.......Page 80 Extensions and open questions in sequential design.......Page 82 The problem of adjacent hypotheses.......Page 85 Testing for the sign of a normal mean: no indifference zone.......Page 94 Bandit problems.......Page 112 Sequential estimation of a normal mean.......Page 118 Sequential estimation of the common mean of two normal populations.......Page 121 Conclusion.......Page 127