Shrinkage Estimation

This book provides a coherent framework for understanding shrinkage estimation in statistics. The term refers to modifying a classical estimator by moving it closer to a target which could be known a priori or arise from a model. The goal is to construct estimators with improved statistical properti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fourdrinier, Dominique, Strawderman, William E. (Author), Wells, Martin T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Springer Series in Statistics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Decision Theory Preliminaries
  • Chapter 2. Estimation of a normal mean vector I
  • Chapter 3. Estimation of a normal mean vector II
  • Chapter 4. Spherically symmetric distributions
  • Chapter 5. Estimation of a mean vector for spherically symmetric distributions I: known scale
  • Chapter 6. Estimation of a mean vector for spherically symmetric distributions II: with a residual
  • Chapter 7. Restricted Parameter Spaces
  • Chapter 8. Loss and Confidence Level Estimation.-