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A note on minimum variance

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Minimizing\(\smallint \{ \hat \theta (x)\} ^2 f(x)d\mu \) is discussed under the unbiasedness condition:\(\smallint \hat \theta (x)f_i (x)d\mu = c_i (i = 1,...p)\) and the condition (A):f i (x) (i=1, ..., p) are linearly independent\(\smallint \hat \theta (x)f_i (x)d\mu = c_i (i = 1,...p)\), and\({{\{ \sum\limits_{i = 1}^p {a_i f_i (x)^2 } } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\{ \sum\limits_{i = 1}^p {a_i f_i (x)^2 } } {f(x)d\mu< \infty implies a_{k + 1} = ... = a_p = 0}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {f(x)d\mu< \infty implies a_{k + 1} = ... = a_p = 0}}\).

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Takeuchi, K., Akahira, M. A note on minimum variance. Metrika 33, 85–91 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01894731

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