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cramér-rao bound

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Syllables
cramer-rao bound
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators of a deterministic (fixed, though unknown) parameter.

Etymology

Named after Harald Cramér and Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, who (among others) independently derived it in the 1940s.

Inflected Forms

Cramér-Rao bounds (plural)

Questions

What does cramér-rao bound mean?
A lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators of a deterministic (fixed, though unknown) parameter.
Where does cramér-rao bound come from?
Named after Harald Cramér and Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, who (among others) independently derived it in the 1940s.

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