Bounded Regret of a Sequential Procedure for Estimation of the Mean
均值序贯估计程序的有界遗憾
Let $X_1, X_2, \cdots$ be independent observations from a population with mean $\mu$ and variance $\sigma^2$, and suppose that given a sample of size $n$ one wishes to estimate $\mu$ by $\bar{X}_n$, subject to the loss function $L_n = A\sigma^{2\beta-2}(\bar{X}_n - \mu)^2 + n, A > 0, \beta > 0$. If $\sigma$ is known, then the optimal fixed sample size $n_0$ for minimizing the risk $R_n = EL_n$ can be computed, but if $\sigma$ is unknown there is no fixed sample size…