Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Indifference zone formulation -- Ranking of normal populations -- Some optimum properties of fixed subset size selection rules -- Ranking and selection problems for discrete distributions -- Selection from univariate populations, optimum sampling, and estimation of probability of correct selection -- Sequential selection procedures -- Selection from multivariate populations -- Nonparametric selection procedures -- Fixed-size subset selection: a generalized goal and other modifications -- Bayesian selection and ranking procedures -- Part II: Subset selection formulation -- Subset selection: general theory -- Selection from univariate continuous populations -- Selection from discrete populations -- Selection from multivariate normal populations -- Nonparametric procedures -- Selection from restricted families of probability distributions -- Sequential procedures -- Bayes, empirical Bayes, and I-minimax procedures -- Some modified formulations and other related problems -- Part III: Comparison with a control estimation, and related topics -- Comparison of several populations with a standard or a control -- Estimation of ordered parameters -- General theory of some multiple-decision problems and some miscellaneous topics -- Guide to tables -- Illustrative examples. Table of Content