Set-induced minimax estimators for a multivariate normal mean

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-64

  Tseng, Yu Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Minimax estimator; Mulltivariate normal mean; Shrinkage estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345761453     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00505-0     Document Type: Article

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