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A comparison of some estimators of the variance covariance matrix when the population mean is known 

Authors: Rameshwar D. Gupta ^a; Ravindra Khattree ^b

Affiliations:	a University of New Brunswick, Rochester
	b Saint John and Oakland University, Rochester

DOI: 10.1080/02331888308802420

Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year

Published in: Statistics, Volume 24, Issue 4 1993 , pages 331 - 345

Subjects: Mathematical Statistics; Statistical Theory & Methods; Statistics; Statistics for the Biological Sciences; Stochastic Models & Processes;

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