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The paper deals with the estimation of the unknown vector parameter of the mean and the parameters of the variance in the general -stage linear model. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator (UMVUE) of the mean-parameter under the condition of normality are given. The commonly used least squares estimators are used to derive the expressions of UMVUE-s in a simple form.
An unbiased estimator of the larger of two mean values is constructed provided that the number of observations is random.
Se proponen en este trabajo nuevos funcionales reales de la matriz de información de Fisher como medidas de información paramétricas. Se analizan las propiedades de dichas medidas. Se presenta un método sencillo, basado en la matriz de Fisher, para obtener medidas de información paramétricas reales con la propiedad de invariancia bajo transformaciones biyectivas del espacio paramétrico.
This paper deals with order identification for Markov chains with Markov regime (MCMR) in the context of finite alphabets. We define the joint order of a MCMR process in terms of the number k of states of the hidden Markov chain and the memory m of the conditional Markov chain. We study the properties of penalized maximum likelihood estimators for the unknown order (k, m) of an observed MCMR process, relying on information theoretic arguments. The novelty of our work relies in the joint...
The Bayesian inversion is a natural approach to the solution of inverse problems based on uncertain observed data. The result of such an inverse problem is the posterior distribution of unknown parameters. This paper deals with the numerical realization of the Bayesian inversion focusing on problems governed by computationally expensive forward models such as numerical solutions of partial differential equations. Samples from the posterior distribution are generated using the Markov chain Monte...
Point and region estimation may both be described as specific decision problems. In point estimation, the action space is the set of possible values of the quantity on interest; in region estimation, the action space is the set of its possible credible regions. Foundations dictate that the solution to these decision problems must depend on both the utility function and the prior distribution. Estimators intended for general use should surely be invariant under one-to-one transformations, and this...
This work deals with a multivariate random coefficient autoregressive model (RCA) of the first order. A class of modified least-squares estimators of the parameters of the model, originally proposed by Schick for univariate first-order RCA models, is studied under more general conditions. Asymptotic behavior of such estimators is explored, and a lower bound for the asymptotic variance matrix of the estimator of the mean of random coefficient is established. Finite sample properties are demonstrated...
Bayesian estimation for the two parameters of a Gumbel distribution are obtained based on kth lower record values. Prediction, either point or interval, for future kth lower record values is also presented from a Bayesian view point. Some of the results of [4] can be obtained as special cases of our results (k=1).
A Bayesian solution is provided to the problem of testing whether an entire finite population shows a certain characteristic, given that all the elements of a random sample are observed to have it. This is obtained as a direct application of existing theory and, it is argued, improves upon Jeffrey's solution.
A robust significance testing method for the Cox regression model, based on a modified Wald test statistic, is discussed. Using Monte Carlo experiments the asymptotic behavior of the modified robust versions of the Wald statistic is compared with the standard significance test for the Cox model based on the log likelihood ratio test statistic.