Experimental results in sequential detection

The main body of this paper reports on experimental results in sequential detection. In particular, it is shown that the Wald Theory of Sequential Analysis agrees well with experiment for the important case of Bernoulli Detection even when the excess over the boundaries at the termination of an experiment is neglected. The design of the experiments, as well as the experimental apparatus, are also discussed. Experimental curves of the Operating Characteristic (OC) and Average Sample Number (ASN) Functions for several sets of parameters are given. A publication relative to the main body of this paper is summarized. The results of this publication are used in the Addendum, to study the resonant properties of the exponential class of sequential detectors. The practical use of these detectors for parameter estimation is discussed.