Stein estimation - A review

Statistical Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-158

  Hoffmann, Kurt ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admissibility; Confidence intervals; Decision theory; Minimaxity; Point estimation; Stein estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348237092     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02926100     Document Type: Review

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