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On the variability of the sample covariance matrix under complex elliptical distributions

Statistics Theory 2021-11-10 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We derive the form of the variance-covariance matrix for any affine equivariant matrix-valued statistics when sampling from complex elliptical distributions. We then use this result to derive the variance-covariance matrix of the sample covariance matrix (SCM) as well as its theoretical mean squared error (MSE) when finite fourth-order moments exist. Finally, illustrative examples of the formulas are presented.

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@article{arxiv.2108.08047,
  title  = {On the variability of the sample covariance matrix under complex elliptical distributions},
  author = {Elias Raninen and Esa Ollila and David E. Tyler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.08047},
  year   = {2021}
}
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