Sensitivity analysis of structural equation models with equality functional constraints

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-256

  Wang, Shu Jia ^a   Lee, Sik Yum ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constraints; Cook's distance; Covariance structure analysis; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; Influence; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

COOKS DISTANCE; COVARIANCE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; EQUALITY FUNCTION CONSTRAINTS; GENERAL CONSTRAINED MINIMUM DISCREPANCY FUNCTION ESTIMATION;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

INFLUENCE ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL;

EID: 0030404278     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(96)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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