Bayes and Stein estimation under asymmetric loss functions: A numerical risk comparison

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-66

  Madi, Mohamed T ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Risk reduction; Robustness; Scale parameter

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYES ESTIMATORS; BEST AFFINE EQUIVARIANT ESTIMATOR (BAEE); STEIN ESTIMATORS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031061932     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919708813367     Document Type: Article

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