In genetic analysis, there are often competing explanations for the same data. Sophisticated mathematical models have been developed that can encapsulate these problems in terms of parameters that ...
Bayesian estimation and maximum likelihood methods represent two central paradigms in modern statistical inference. Bayesian estimation incorporates prior beliefs through Bayes’ theorem, updating ...
A study is made of the simple empirical Bayes estimators proposed by Robbins (1956). These estimators are compared with `best' conventional estimators in terms of ...
Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series A (2008-), Vol. 76, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 25-47 (23 pages) We consider the problem of estimating the sum of squared means when the data (x₁ ,. . ...