Gamma minimax robustness of bayes rules

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 543-560

  Berger, Roger L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E contamination; least favorable prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011523349     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610927908827780     Document Type: Article

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