Standard and extended growth curve model (multivariate linear model) with practically important variance structures are considered and a method for parameters estimation is proposed.
Standard modelLet us consider standard growth curve modelwhere Y n×p is a matrix of multivariate observations, X n×m is an ANOVA design matrix, Z r×p is a regression constants matrix, B m×r is a matrix of unknown (the first order) parameters and ε n×p is a matrix of random errors. Matrix of the unknown second order parameters describes the dependence of the columns of Y.There is no problem estimating when it is completely unknown. Problems, however, arise when its structure is partially known. It usually means that we have some information about * Fax: +421 55 6222124.