On fixed-width confidence intervals associated with maximum likelihood estimation (Q1114275)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4084793
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On fixed-width confidence intervals associated with maximum likelihood estimation
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4084793

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    On fixed-width confidence intervals associated with maximum likelihood estimation (English)
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    1989
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    A sequential procedure is proposed to determine the sample size for a fixed-width confidence interval for an unknown parameter with its maximum likelihood estimator as the center of the interval. It is established that the sequential procedure is asymptotically consistent and efficient.
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    Fisher information
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    observed Fisher information
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    asymptotic consistency
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    asymptotic efficiency
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    fixed-width confidence interval
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    maximum likelihood estimator
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