Some Minimax Invariant Procedures for Estimating a Cumulative Distribution Function
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- 1 September 1955
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Mathematical Statistics in The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
- Vol. 26 (3) , 450-463
- https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177728490
Abstract
Some invariant procedures, which are essentially step-functions, are considered as estimators of the cumulative distribution function of a one-dimensional random variable on which a finite fixed number of observations are given, for various loss functions. Two principal classes of loss functions are considered and it is shown that for a special loss function in one class the optimum procedure is the usual sample cumulative function.Keywords
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