Sequential Estimation of a Continuous Distribution Function from Delayed Observations
Agnieszka Stępień‐Baran · Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods · 2011
The problem of sequentially estimating a continuous distribution function is considered in the case when the observations become available at random times. A certain class of sequential estimation procedures which are composed of optimal stopping time and sequential minimum risk invariant estimator of a continuous distribution function is obtained under a nonparametric invariant loss function and with the observation cost determined by a convex function of the moment of stopping and the number of observations up to this moment.