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On the structure of UMVUEs

Statistics Theory 2015-07-13 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

In all setups when the structure of UMVUEs is known, there exists a subalgebra U\cal U (MVE-algebra) of the basic σ\sigma-algebra such that all U\cal U-measurable statistics with finite second moments are UMVUEs. It is shown that MVE-algebras are, in a sense, similar to the subalgebras generated by complete sufficient statistics. Examples are given when these subalgebras differ, in these cases a new statistical structure arises.

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@article{arxiv.1507.02769,
  title  = {On the structure of UMVUEs},
  author = {Abram M. Kagan and Yaakov Malinovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.02769},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted for publication in Sankhya A

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