Empirical Bayes estimators for the reproduction parameter of Borel-Tanner distribution
Statistics Theory
2007-06-13 v1 Statistics Theory
Abstract
We construct empirical Bayes estimators for the reproduction parameter of Borel-Tanner distribution assuming LINEX loss and prove their asymptotic optimality. Some properties of the estimators regret risk are illustrated through simulations.
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@article{arxiv.math/0602254,
title = {Empirical Bayes estimators for the reproduction parameter of Borel-Tanner distribution},
author = {George P. Yanev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0602254},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in Journal of Applied Statistical Science