Simultaneous estimation of Poisson means

James H. Albert

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 1981, vol. 11, issue 3, 400-417

Abstract: In the simultaneous estimation of means from independent Poisson distributions, an estimator is developed which incorporates a prior mean and variance for each Poisson mean estimated. This estimator possesses substantially smaller risk than the usual estimator in a region of the parameter space and seems superior to other estimators proposed to estimate p Poisson means. It is indicated through two asymptotic results that, unlike the conjugate Bayes estimator, the risk of the estimator does not greatly exceed the risk of the usual estimator outside of the region of risk improvement.

Keywords: Improvement; region; inadmissible; proportional; risk; simultaneous; estimation; Stein-type; estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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