Admissible estimation for finite population under the Linex loss function

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Zou, Guohua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Admissibility; Linear estimator; Linex loss function; Superpopulation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031575059     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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