Estimation of the mean of the selected population under asymmetric loss function

Metrika

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-107

  Parsian, Ahmad ^a   Sanjari Farsipour, N ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asymmetric loss function bias LINEX loss function risk function; Selected population

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033479641     PISSN: 00261335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001840050037     Document Type: Article

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