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Empirical Bayes with a Changing Prior

Authors :
M. K. Mara
J. J. Deely
Source :
Ann. Statist. 12, no. 3 (1984), 1071-1078
Publication Year :
1984
Publisher :
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1984.

Abstract

We consider modified empirical Bayes problems in which the prior distribution of $\Theta$ at stage $n + 1$ is $G^{(n+1)}(\theta)$. The Bayes optimality criterion is now given by the sequence of functionals $R(G^{(n+1)}$. The observations $X_1, \cdots, X_n$ are no longer i.i.d so decision procedures are constructed based on modified empirical density estimates for $f_G^{(n+1)}(x)$. Asymptotic optimality together with asymptotic convergence rates is established for two action and estimation problems when the observations are drawn from a member of the one-parameter exponential family.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Ann. Statist. 12, no. 3 (1984), 1071-1078
Accession number :
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