Table 1.

The minimal (optimal) expected number of tests per 100 individuals $\left(100E_A\left(k_A^{*},p\right)\right)$ for Procedure A (A ∈ {D, D′, S}) using an optimal group size $k_A^{*}$ for different p.

	D		D′		S
p	$k_D^{*}$	100ED($k_D^{*}$, p)	$k_{D^{\prime }}^{*}$	100 ED′,($k_{D^{\prime }}^{*}$, p)	$k_S^{*}$	100ES($k_S^{*}$, p)
0.001	32	6.2759	32	6.2729	45	4.5844
0.005	15	13.91	15	13.879	21	10.535
0.01	11	19.557	10	19.47	15	15.172
0.03	6	33.369	6	32.94	9	27.305
0.05	5	42.622	5	41.807	7	35.977
0.07	4	50.195	4	48.787	6	43.167
0.10	4	59.39	4	57.567	5	52.288
0.13	3	67.483	3	64.203	4	60.042
0.15	3	71.921	3	68.308	4	64.784
0.20	3	82.133	3	77.867	3	74.933
0.25	3	91.146	2	84.375	3	83.854
0.27	3	94.432	2	86.855	2	86.855
0.30	3	99.033	2	90.5	2	90.5
0.32	1	100	2	92.88	2	92.88
0.35	1	100	2	96.375	2	96.375
0.38	1	100	2	99.78	2	99.78