A note on james-stein and bayes empiricl bayes estimators
Tze Fen Li
Abstract
Tze Fen Li
Abstract
In an empirical Bayes decision problem, a simple class of estimators is constructed that dominate the James-Stein estimator, A prior distribution A is placed on a restricted (normal) class G of priors to produce a Bayes empirical Bayes estimator, The Bayes empirical Bayes estimator is smooth, admissible, and asymptotically optimal. For certain A rate of convergence to minimum Bayes risk is 0(n-1)uniformly on G. The results of a Monte Carlo study are presented to demonstrate the favorable risk bebhavior of the Bayes estimator In comparison with other competitors including the James-Stein estimator.
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In an empirical Bayes decision problem, a simple class of estimators is constructed that dominate the James-Stein estimator, A prior distribution A is placed on a restricted (normal) class G of priors to produce a Bayes empirical Bayes estimator, The Bayes empirical Bayes estimator is smooth, admissible, and asymptotically optimal. For certain A rate of convergence to minimum Bayes risk is 0(n-1)uniformly on G. The results of a Monte Carlo study are presented to demonstrate the favorable risk bebhavior of the Bayes estimator In comparison with other competitors including the James-Stein estimator.
Key concepts: Bayes' theorem, Estimator, Mathematics, Prior probability, Bayes estimator, Bayes' rule, Bayes error rate, Statistics