BUILT-IN RESTRICTIONS ON BEST LINEAR UNBIASED PREDICTORS (BLUP) OF RANDOM EFFECTS IN MIXED MODELS

Authors
SEARLE SR
Citation
Sr. Searle, BUILT-IN RESTRICTIONS ON BEST LINEAR UNBIASED PREDICTORS (BLUP) OF RANDOM EFFECTS IN MIXED MODELS, The American statistician, 51(1), 1997, pp. 19-21
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
51
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
19 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1997)51:1<19:BROBLU>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In the usual mixed model of analysis of variance we show that certain sums of best linear unbiased predictors (BLUP) of random effects are z ero. Those sums are similar to, but not exactly the same as, those of the Sigma-restrictions sometimes used for fixed effects.