A Bayes method for estimating the common mean of two normal populations

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2141-2157

  Kelleher, Thomas ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissibitity; Bayes Estimator; Common Mean; Prior Distribution; Simulation; Test Based Estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844498247     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929608831827     Document Type: Article

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