Mean squared error of estimation or prediction under a general linear model

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 87, Issue 419, 1992, Pages 724-731

  Harville, David A ^a   Jeske, Daniel R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased estimation; Best linear unbiased prediction; Empirical Bayes inference; Incomplete block designs; Mixed linear model; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000655117     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1992.10475274     Document Type: Article

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