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Abstract

The problemof estimating parameters of amultivariate normal p-dimensional random vector is considered for a banded covariance structure reflecting mdependence. A simple non-iterative estimation procedure is suggested which gives an explicit, unbiased and consistent estimator of the mean and an explicit and consistent estimator of the covariance matrix for arbitrary p and m.Preliminary version published as Research Report 2008:3 at the Centre of Biostochastics Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com:Martin Ohlson, Zhanna Andrushchenko and Dietrich von Rosen, Explicit Estimators under m-Dependence for a Multivariate Normal Distribution, 2011, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, (63), 1, 29-42.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10463-008-0213-1Copyright: Springer Science Business Mediahttp://www.springerlink.com