• DocumentCode
    930628
  • Title

    The average number of weighings to locate a counterfeit coin (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Mead, D.G.

  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    9/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    616
  • Lastpage
    617
  • Abstract
    A solution is obtained to the problem of finding the minimum of the average number of weighings, using a balance, needed to locate one light coin from among n coins of which n - 1 are genuine and of the same weight. Optimal strategies are determined, and the anomaly that it may be better to work with n + 1 coins rather than n is examined and explained.
  • Keywords
    Combinatorial mathematics; Finance; Counterfeiting; Mathematics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1979.1056091
  • Filename
    1056091
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=930628