A Bayes estimator for ordered parameters and isotonic Bayesian graduation

DOI10.1080/03461238.1984.10413770zbMath0576.62097MaRDI QIDQ3696356

James D. Broffitt

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Scandinavian Actuarial Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03461238.1984.10413770

zbMATH Keywords

smoothing effect; order restriction; estimating mortality rates; isotonic Bayesian graduation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P05: Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics

62F15: Bayesian inference

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