Asymptotic Minimax Character of the Sample Distribution Function and of the Classical Multinomial Estimator

DOI10.1214/aoms/1177728174zbMath0073.14603WikidataQ30050267 ScholiaQ30050267MaRDI QIDQ3234947

Jacob Wolfowitz, J. Kiefer, Aryeh Dvoretzky

Publication date: 1956

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177728174

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