Expected lengths of confidence intervals based on empirical discrepancy statistics

Biometrika

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 499-503

  Fang, Kai Tai ^a   Mukerjee, Rahul ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Cressie Read discrepancy; Edgeworth expansion; Empirical likelihood; Minimaxity

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644479433     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/92.2.499     Document Type: Article

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