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Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications
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Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications

by John J. Shynk
November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
794 pages
22h 9m
English
Wiley-Interscience
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F.6 CRAMÉR–RAO INEQUALITY

The Cramér–Rao inequality provides a lower bound on the variance of an estimator; it is also called the Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB). The CRLB is useful as a performance measure for biased and unbiased estimators of the parameters of a distribution, as described in Chapter 9. We provide a derivation for an unbiased estimator, and state the results for a biased estimator and then for a vector of parameters.

Theorem F.11 (Cramér–Rao inequality). Let T be an unbiased estimator for the function of scalar parameter where are iid samples with pdf . Let T = t be a specific value of the estimator for outcomes , and assume the following regularity conditions:

  • Differentiation with respect to the parameter:

    (F.46) Numbered Display Equation

  • Differentiation and integration exchange I:

    (F.47) Numbered Display Equation

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