Efficiency of the u,v method of estimation

Authors
Robbins, H Zhang, CH
Citation
H. Robbins et Ch. Zhang, Efficiency of the u,v method of estimation, P NAS US, 97(24), 2000, pp. 12976-12979
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
97
Issue
24
Year of publication
2000
Pages
12976 - 12979
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(20001121)97:24<12976:EOTUMO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Given a pool of motorists, how do we estimate the total intensity of those who had a prespecified number of traffic accidents in the past year? We pre viously have proposed the u,v method as a solution to estimation problems o f this type. In this paper, we prove that the u,v method provides asymptoti cally efficient estimators in an important special case.