1. Sukhatme PV, Sukhatme BV, Sukhatme S, Asok C (1984) Sampling theory of surveys with applications, 3rd edn. Iowa State University Press, Iowa and Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, Ames, New Delhi
2. Holmberg A (2002) A multi parameter perspective on the choice of sampling design in surveys. Stat Transit 5:969–994
3. Díaz-García JA, Cortez LU (2006) Optimum allocation in multivariate stratified sampling: multi-objective programming, Comunicación Técnica No. I-06-07/28-03-2006 (PE/CIMAT)
4. Khowaja S, Ghufran S, Ahsan MJ (2011) Estimation of population means in multivariate stratified random sampling. Commun Stat Simul Comput 40:710–718
5. Khowaja S, Ghufran S, Ahsan MJ (2012) Multi-objective optimization for optimum allocation in multivariate stratified sampling with quadratic cost. J Stat Comput Simul 82(12):1789–1798.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00949655.2011.595716