Evaluation of semivariance estimators under normal conditions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-503

  Watson, Sally ^a,b  

^a Dept of Agric for Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency and bias of robust estimators; Semivariances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343304424     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00103     Document Type: Article

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