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On optimality of the horvitz-thompson estimator under a markov process model |
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| Authors: | Arun Kumar Adhikary |
| Abstract: | For any varying probability sampling design the Horvitz-Thompson (1952) estimator is shown to be optimal within the class of all unbiased estimators of a finite population total under a Markov process model |
| Keywords: | Finite population Horvitz-Thompson estimator Markov process model Varying probability sampling |