摘要：Seventeen di.erent confidence intervals for the Poisson mean are compared using simu- lations and a real data application. The interval estimators include the Wald interval estimator, the score interval estimator, the exact interval estimator, the b ootstrap interval estimator, the equal tails credible interval estimator, Je.reys prior credible interval estimator, the HPD credible interval estimator and the relative surprise cred- ible interval estimator. Recommendations for choosing among the seventeen intervals are given for di.erent sample sizes and di.erent Poisson means.
关键词：coverage length; coverage probability; Poisson distribution
