Informative Stopping Rules.
Barlow,R E, Shor,S W W · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1984
A stopping rule, given data, is informative relative to parameters of interest if it is random and statistically dependent on those parameters. Practical examples considered in detail illuminate the role of informative stopping rules and show how they may arise in practice. The discussion is based on the Bayesian Approach. (Author)