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In an empirical Bayes model, examples for estimators of parameters of partial prior information are given. A typical application is the estimation of a probability ℙ(p≤a),p the “fraction defective”, which is used as prior information in Quality Control.
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Seidel, W. A note on estimating parameters of partial prior information. Statistical Papers 34, 363–368 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925554
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925554