Minimum distance estimation in imprecise probability models

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 461-479

  Hable, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent lower previsions; Empirical measure; Imprecise probabilities; Minimum distance estimator; Robust statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350370840     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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