Fisher information and maximum-likelihood estimation of covariance parameters in Gaussian stochastic processes

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-137

  Abt, Markus ^a   Welch, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consistency; Equivalent measures; Gaussian random measures; Infill asymptotics; Orthogonal measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032381318     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315678     Document Type: Article

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