Efficient derivative codes through automatic differentiation and interface contraction: An application in biostatistics

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1056-1066

  Hovland, P ^a   Bischof, C ^b   Spiegelman, D ^c   Casella, M ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADIFOR; Automatic differentiation; Computational differentiation; Derivatives; Interface contraction; Loglikelihood functions

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; BIOSTATICS; COMPUTATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION; INTERFACE CONTRACTION; LOG LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ADIFOR; TRUNCATION ERRORS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031173545     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827595281800     Document Type: Article

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