@article {10.3844/jmssp.2005.103.105, article_type = {journal}, title = {On Selecting "r" Items From "m" Independent Groups}, author = {Abdelfattah, Ezz H. and Hafez, Mohamed and Tantawy, Said F.}, volume = {1}, year = {2005}, month = {Jun}, pages = {103-105}, doi = {10.3844/jmssp.2005.103.105}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/jmssp.2005.103.105}, abstract = {doesn’t consider the competition “between” these groups, but it only considers the competition “within” the groups. In this study we discuss the selection by considering the competition with both between and within the groups, by using a Linear Programming (LP) approach and depending on the True Position (TP) introduced by Abdelfattah [1], which depends on rescaling the data for each group.}, journal = {Journal of Mathematics and Statistics}, publisher = {Science Publications} }