A robust adjustment of the profile likelihood

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 336-352

  Stafford, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic relative efficiency; Bartlett identities; Computer algebra; Cumulants; Profile likelihood; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030548938     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1033066212     Document Type: Article

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