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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods Volume 22, 1993 - Issue 8
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Minimaxity of empirical bayes estimators of the means of independent normal variables with unequal variances

Nobuo Shinozaki Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252, Japan
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Yuan-Tsung Chang Department of Management Information, Junior College of Tokiwa University, Miwa, Mito, 310, Japan
Pages 2147-2169 | Received 01 Oct 1992, Published online: 27 Jun 2007

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