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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|decision theory|estimation theory}} The observation that, when three or more [[parameter]]s are [[estimate]]d [[simultaneously]], there exist [[combined]] [[estimator]]s more [[accurate]] on average (that is, having lower expected mean squared error) than any method that handles the parameters separately.

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