Bounds for robust maximum likelihood and posterior consistency in compound mixture state experiments

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-227

  Majumdar, Suman ^a   Gilliland, Dennis ^b   Hannan, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic regret; Compound; Consistency; Maximum likelihood; Posterior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042728380     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(98)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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