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Elsevier, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, (143), p. 345-361

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2015.05.019

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Existence and uniqueness of the maximum likelihood estimator for models with a Kronecker product covariance structure

Journal article published in 2014 by Beata Roś, Fetsje Bijma, Jan C. de Munck, Mathisca C. M. de Gunst
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Abstract

This paper deals with multivariate Gaussian models for which the covariance matrix is a Kronecker product of two matrices. We consider maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters, in particular of the covariance matrix. There is no explicit expression for the maximum likelihood estimator of a Kronecker product covariance matrix. The main question in this paper is whether the maximum likelihood estimator of the covariance matrix exists and if it is unique. The answers are different for different models that we consider. ; Comment: 22 pages, 2 figures