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TR18-053 | 19th March 2018 12:39

Lower Bound for Non-Adaptive Estimate the Number of Defective Items

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TR18-053
Authors: Nader Bshouty
Publication: 19th March 2018 14:44
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Abstract:

We prove that to estimate within a constant factor the number of defective items in a non-adaptive group testing algorithm we need at least $\tilde\Omega((\log n)(\log(1/\delta)))$ tests. This solves the open problem posed by Damaschke and Sheikh Muhammad.



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