Decision theoretic estimation of the ratio of variances in a bivariate normal distribution

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 436-446

  Iliopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bivariate normal distribution; Decision theory; Entropy loss; Ratio of variances; Squared error loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 6644221263     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014600625165     Document Type: Article

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