Detecting a Change of a Normal Mean by Dynamic Sampling with a Probability Bound on a False Alarm

Abstract

We show that when dynamic sampling is feasible, there exist surveillance schemes for which the probability of a false alarm is bounded and which have a bounded expected delay when detecting a (true) change. In the case of detecting a change of a normal mean, we probe optimality and suggest procedures. These procedures compare favorably to those having a fixed sampling rate which have been developed for an expectation constraint on the average run length until a false alarm.