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I was listening to the bbc’s science in action podcast[0] and came across an interview with the mathematician whose group had developed this. By mapping indivi
by FuckButtons 6y ago
I was listening to the bbc’s science in action podcast[0] and came across an interview with the mathematician whose group had developed this.
By mapping individuals onto a hypercube they were able to reduce the number of tests needed to find unique positive individuals by a very large percentage relative to non pooled testing as long as the positive test rate was low in the population.
[0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszh0k https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszh0k
- magnio 6y agoA link for those who prefer reading: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02053-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02053-6 It seems like this method can be generalized to a detection problem. Anyone knows other applications of this technique?
- lp251 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_testing#Example_applications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_testing#Example_applicat...
- pmiller2 6y agoIsn't this just an extension of one of those dumb brainteasers people sometimes ask in interview questions? (You have N rats and K vials, P of which contain poison. Can you determine which vials contain poison?)