ASYMPTOTIC OPTIMALITY OF HIERARCHICAL BAYES ESTIMATORS AND PREDICTORS

被引:2
作者
DATTA, GS [1 ]
GHOSH, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA,DEPT STAT,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
HIERARCHICAL BAYES; EMPIRICAL BAYES; ESTIMATORS; PREDICTORS; ASYMPTOTIC OPTIMALITY; FINITE POPULATION SAMPLING;
D O I
10.1016/0378-3758(91)90001-U
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
It is shown in this paper that for simultaneous estimation of k means, the Bayes risks of certain hierarchical Bayes estimators converge to the Bayes risks of the corresponding Bayes estimators under 'true' or 'elicited' priors as k --> infinity. The results are then extended to certain prediction problems.
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页码:229 / 243
页数:15
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