Combining minimax shrinkage estimators

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 81, Issue 394, 1986, Pages 437-445

  George, Edward I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes estimator; Mixture; Multiple shrinkage; Multivariate normal mean; Stein estimator; Superharmonic function; Unbiased estimate of risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950917142     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1986.10478288     Document Type: Article

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