On robust analysis of a normal location parameter

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 463-474

  Choy, S T Boris ^a   Smith, Adrian F M ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double exponential distribution; Exponential power distribution; Laplace approximation to integrals; Robust analysis; Scale mixtures of normal distributions; Stable distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009302199     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00079     Document Type: Article

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