On the Stein phenomenon under divergence loss and an unknown variance-covariance matrix

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2331-2336

  Ghosh, Malay ^a   Mergel, Victor ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissibility; Baranchik class

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249131827     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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