Title :
Asymptotic risk stability resulting from play against the past in a sequence of decision problems
Author :
Gilliland, Dennis C.
fDate :
9/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
When a given statistical decision problem occurs repeatedly, there is interest in the strategy that plays Bayes versus the empirical distribution of past parameter values. We point out some implications that some previously investigated continuity conditions have on the stability of average loss, risk, and average risk across the sequence of decision problems. This is done first for arbitrary parameter sequences and then in the context of independent and identically distributed parameters.
Keywords :
Bayes procedures; Decision procedures; Game theory; Asymptotic stability; Convergence; Decision theory; Frequency; Game theory; Pattern recognition; Probability distribution; Supervised learning;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.1972.1054889