On the performance of FDR control: Constraints and a partial solution

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1409-1431

  Chi, Zhiyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 50449091990     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053607000000037     Document Type: Article

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