The directed modified profile likelihood in models with many nuisance parameters

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 735-742

  Sartori, N ^a   Bellio, R ^a   Salvan, A ^b   Pace, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exponential family; Higher order asymptotics; Modified directed likelihood decomposition; Nuisance parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011091404     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.3.735     Document Type: Article

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