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A Sequential Procedure with Asymptotically Negative Regret for Estimating a Normal Mean

Yoshikazu Takada

The Annals of Statistics · 1992 · Volume 20 · Issue 1

DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176348540

Abstract

A sequential procedure for estimating the mean of a normal distribution is proposed. The procedure is shown to have a negative regret at the origin and the same regret as the usual procedure at the other point asymptotically.

Keywords

60G40; 62L12; Anscombe's theorem; regret; Sequential procedure; uniform continuity in probability; uniform integrability; Wald's lemma;

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