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Estimating the average of two gaussians' mean with minimal squared error
This is a follow-up to my previous question.
Assume that $X\sim \mathcal N(\mu_1,\sigma_1^2)$ and $Y\sim \mathcal N(\mu_2,\sigma_2^2)$.
I want to estimate $\frac{\mu_1+\mu_2}{2}$ after observing $X,Y$....
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Estimating the average of two gaussians' mean
Assume that $X\sim \mathcal N(\sigma_1,\mu_1)$ and $Y\sim \mathcal N(\sigma_2,\mu_2)$.
I want to estimate $\frac{\mu_1+\mu_2}{2}$ after observing $X,Y$.
In my setting, $\sigma_1,\sigma_2$ are known ...
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maximum likelihood estimation of X is better than that of f(X)?
Consider a binary variable $C$ with $\Pr(C=0)=\Pr(C=1)=0.5$. Consider a random vector $X \in \mathbb{R}^d$, characterized by $C$, with PDF $p_m(x)$, $m\in\{0,1\}$. Define a maximum likelihood (ML) ...