Bayesian estimation of the parameters of a nonlinear model. An application to human height

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 113-129

  Abidi, Hassane ^a   Borms, Jan ^b   Duquet, William ^b   Pontier, Jacques ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood growth curves; Empirical Bayesian approach; Growth prediction; Maximum likelihood; Nonlinear modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030447376     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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