Consider a growth curve model as follows:
Y=X1BX2+UJwhere
has a quasi-normal distribution,
Es-0,
,and
Σ≥0 is an unknown covariance matrix.This paper gives the n.s.condition for Uniformly Minimum Variance Nonnegative Quadratic Unbiased Estimator (UMVNNQUE) of tr (
CΣ) to be existenr,and gives UMVNNQUE of tr(
CΣ) when it exists,where
C≥0(≠0) is an arbitrarily given matrix.As corollaries,this paper also gives the n.s.condition for tr (
CΣ*) to be UMVNNQUE of tr (
CΣ),where
Σ* is
Σ"s LSE in a certain sense.