A stochastic frontier model for fitting tree crown shape in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 336-353

  Nepal, Sunil K ^a,b   Somers, Greg L ^c   Caudill, Steven B ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composed error; Expectation maximization (EM) algorithm; Least squares; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION;

EID: 0030318534     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400523     Document Type: Article

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