Estimation of the mean of a l1-Exponential Multivariate Distribution

Statistics and Risk Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-274

  Fourdrinier, Dominique ^a   Lemaire, Anne Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

differential inequalities; estimation; l1 exponential multivariate distribution; l1 norm; minimaxity; ordinary differential equations; quadratic loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011873297     PISSN: 21931402     EISSN: 21967040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/strm.2000.18.3.259     Document Type: Article

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