Symmetry and unimodality in linear inference

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-202

  Jensen, D R ^a  

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Author keywords

Gauss Markov theory; Location, median, and modal unbiasedness; Symmetry under reflections; Tightened confidence bounds; Unimodal mixtures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031068904     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1996.1652     Document Type: Article

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