General Introduction -- 1 Sequential Procedures for Selecting the Best of k ? 2 Binomial Populations Introduction -- 1 Selection Procedures with Unrestricted Patient Horizon -- 2 Selection Procedures with Restricted Patient Horizon -- 3 Selection Procedures with Fixed Patient Horizon -- 2 Continuous Response Selection Models Introduction -- 1 Subset-Selection Procedures Based on Linear Rank-Order Statistics -- 2 Asymptotic Distribution-Free Sequential Selection Procedures Based on an Indifference-Zone Model -- 3 Methods for Selecting an Optimal Scorefunction -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Abbreviations -- References