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VOL. 57 | 2009 Some History of Optimality
Chapter Author(s) Erich L. Lehmann
Editor(s) Javier Rojo
IMS Lecture Notes Monogr. Ser., 2009: 11-17 (2009) DOI: 10.1214/09-LNMS5703

Abstract

This paper gives an account of the history of both small- and large-sample optimality for both estimation and testing. It covers this history from the beginnings by Laplace and Gauss to the ongoing research on optimal multiple comparison procedures, and also includes the optimality of designs.

Information

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

zbMATH: 1271.62037
MathSciNet: MR2681655

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/09-LNMS5703

Keywords: design , estimation , maximum likelihood , Neyman-Pearson lemma , optimality , testing

Rights: Copyright © 2009, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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