On best unbiased prediction and its relationships to unbiased estimation

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 171-189

  Nayak, Tapan K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

62F10; Completeness; Linear predictor; Mean squared error; Mixed linear model; Prediction sufficiency; Primary 62M20; Rao Cramer inequality; Secondary 62A20; Unbiasedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001360288     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(99)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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