An exponential partial prior for improving nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation in mixture models

DOI10.1016/j.stamet.2007.03.004zbMath1248.62049OpenAlexW2044082163MaRDI QIDQ713807

Bruce G. Lindsay, Ji-Ping Wang

Publication date: 19 October 2012

Published in: Statistical Methodology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stamet.2007.03.004

zbMATH Keywords

empirical BayesNPMLEpenalized NPMLE

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12)

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