Boosting test-efficiency by pooled testing for SARS-CoV-2—Formula for optimal pool size

• Rudolf Hanel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rudolf Hanel, Stefan Thurner

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4045-9532

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• Stefan Thurner

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rudolf Hanel, Stefan Thurner

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stefan.thurner@meduniwien.ac.at

  Affiliations Section for Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

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