Empirical Bayes and compound estimation of normal means

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-193

  Zhang, Cun Hui ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic optimality; Empirical Bayes; Minimaxity; Normal distribution; Shrinkage estimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031534729     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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