Estimation in the mixture transition distribution model

Journal of Time Series Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-397

  Berchtold, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Initial values; Markov chain; Mixture transition distribution (MTD) model; Optimization; Spatial data; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012388728     PISSN: 01439782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9892.00231     Document Type: Article

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