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VOL. 57 | 2009 On the Non-Optimality of Optimal Procedures
Chapter Author(s) Peter J. Huber
Editor(s) Javier Rojo
IMS Lecture Notes Monogr. Ser., 2009: 31-46 (2009) DOI: 10.1214/09-LNMS5705

Abstract

This paper discusses some subtle, and largely overlooked, differences between conceptual and mathematical optimization goals in statistics, and illustrates them by examples.

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Published: 1 January 2009
First available in Project Euclid: 3 August 2009

zbMATH: 1271.62174
MathSciNet: MR2681657

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/09-LNMS5705

Keywords: Bayesian robustness , Breakdown point , optimal design , optimal robustness , optimality , superefficiency

Rights: Copyright © 2009, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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