Empirical bayes in the presence of explanatory variables

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 333-357

  Cohen, Noam ^a   Greenshtein, Eitan ^a   Ritov, Ya'acov ^b  

^a International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compound decision; Empirical bayes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884276329     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5705/ss.2011.071     Document Type: Article

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