A NEW INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEM OF BEST LINEAR UNBIASED PREDICTION IN LINEAR MODELS

Jian-Ying Rong (P. R. China) and Xu-Qing Liu (P. R. China)

Received December 23, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: linear model, mixed linear model, best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP), compound symmetric.