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Note on unbiased estimability of the larger of two mean values

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Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 137, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

An unbiased estimator of the larger of two mean values is constructed provided that the number of observations is random.

Keywords

ordered parameters, unbiased estimation

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