Statistical Decision Theory and Related Topics V

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Minimaxity, More or Less....Pages 1-18
A Retrospective of Wald’s Sequential Analysis—Its Relation to Change-point Detection and Sequential Clinical Trials....Pages 19-33
Group Bayes Estimation of the Exponential Mean: A Retrospective View of the Wald Theory....Pages 35-49
Ibragimov — Hasminskii Models....Pages 51-60
Penalized Likelihood Hazard Estimation: Algorithm and Examples....Pages 61-72
Estimating Lifetime Distribution Under Different Sampling Plans....Pages 73-85
Estimating the Mixing Density of a Mixture of Power Series Distributions....Pages 87-98
Estimating Linear Functionals in Density Estimation Models....Pages 99-106
On Robust Estimation In Case-Control Studies with Errors in Covariates....Pages 107-120
Applications and Limitations of Robust Bayesian Bounds and Type II MLE....Pages 121-134
Bayesian Estimation of Political Transition Matrices....Pages 135-140
Using Historical Controls in Clinical Trials: Application to ECMO....Pages 141-156
A Geometric Solution of the Bayesian E -Optimal Design Problem....Pages 157-170
Bayesian Estimation for Censored Data: An Experiment in Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 171-181
Stability and Convergence of the Posterior in Non-Regular Problems....Pages 183-199
A Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Circular Data with Autoregressive Errors: Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Cortical Bone....Pages 201-220
Discovery Sampling and Selection Models....Pages 221-235
Loss Functions for Set Estimation....Pages 237-251
Double Sample Estimation When Cost Depends on the Parameter....Pages 253-266
On Some Bayesian Solutions of the Neyman-Scott Problem....Pages 267-276
Empirical Bayes Two-Stage Procedures for Selecting the Best Bernoulli Population Compared with a Control....Pages 277-292
On the Differentiation of Certain Probabilities with Applications in Statistical Decision Theory....Pages 293-301
Minimax Bayes, Asymptotic Minimax and Sparse Wavelet Priors....Pages 303-326
Simulating the Power of Decision Rules Applied to Data From the HGPRT Gene Mutation Assay....Pages 327-339
Analyzing Randomized Response Data with a Binomial Selection Procedure....Pages 341-350
Improved Confidence Statements for the Usual Multivariate Normal Confidence Set....Pages 351-368
Improving on Truncated Estimators....Pages 369-376
Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Estimation Using Balanced Loss Functions....Pages 377-390
Distributions Which Are Gaussian Convolutions....Pages 391-400
An Infinite Dimensional Convolution Theorem....Pages 401-411
How Many Geometric ( p ) Samples Does It Take to See All the Balls in a Box?....Pages 413-426
The Asymptotic Distribution of Point Charges on a Conducting Sphere....Pages 427-430
Permutation Invariant Upper and Lower Probabilities....Pages 431-440
Subgraph Approximations for Directed Graphical Models....Pages 441-452
Lower Bounds on Expected Redundancy for Classes of Continuous Markov Sources....Pages 453-466
Random Walks for Quantile Estimation....Pages 467-476
Some Procedures for State Estimation of a Hidden Markov Chain with Two States....Pages 477-487
Adaptive Estimation Via Martingales....Pages 489-501
The Blackwell Prediction Algorithm for Infinite 0-1 Sequences, and a Generalization....Pages 503-511
Some Statistical Problems in Multitarget Tracking....Pages 513-521
A Generalized Parking Problem....Pages 523-532
Search Methods and Observer Logics....Pages 533-537