Effective number of observations and unbiased estimators of variance for autocorrelated data - An overview

Metrology and Measurement Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zieba, Andrzej ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autocorrelated; Effective number of observations; Estimator; Time series; Unbiased; Variance

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

AUTOCORRELATED; EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONS; ESTIMATOR; UNBIASED; VARIANCE;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 77950405851     PISSN: 08608229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10178-010-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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