Robust inference by influence functions

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-72

  Ronchetti, Elvezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breakdown point; Influence function; Level influence function; Likelihood ratio test; Logistic regression; M estimators; Minimax; Neighborhoods; Non nested hypotheses; Power influence function; Robustness of efficiency; Robustness of validity; Scores (Rao)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031568127     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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