On the EM algorithm for overdispersed count data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-98

  McLachlan, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031090158     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096228029700600106     Document Type: Article

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