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The problem of estimating the common mean μ of k independent and univariate inverse Gaussian populations IG(μ, λ i ), i=1,..., k with unknown and unequal λ's is considered. The difficulty with the maximum likelihood estimator of μ is pointed out, and a natural estimator % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiiYdd9qrFfea0dXdf9vqai-hEir8Ve% ea0de9qq-hbrpepeea0db9q8as0-LqLs-Jirpepeea0-as0Fb9pgea% 0lrP0xe9Fve9Fve9qapdbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaamaabaabcaGcba% acciGaf8hVd0MbaGaaaaa!3D38!\[\tilde \mu \] of μ along the lines of Graybill and Deal is proposed. Various finite sample properties and some decision-theoretic properties of % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiiYdd9qrFfea0dXdf9vqai-hEir8Ve% ea0de9qq-hbrpepeea0db9q8as0-LqLs-Jirpepeea0-as0Fb9pgea% 0lrP0xe9Fve9Fve9qapdbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaamaabaabcaGcba% acciGaf8hVd0MbaGaaaaa!3D38!\[\tilde \mu \] are discussed.
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This research was partially supported by research grants #A3661 and #A3450 from NSERC of Canada.
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Ahmad, M., Chaubey, Y.P. & Sinha, B.K. Estimation of a common mean of several univariate inverse Gaussian populations. Ann Inst Stat Math 43, 357–367 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118641
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