Asymptotic properties of the GMLE with case 2 interval-censored data

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-228

  Yu, Qiqing ^a   Schick, Anton ^a   Li, Linxiong ^b   Wong, George Y C ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Consistency; Generalized maximum likelihood estimate; Self consistent algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032536653     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(97)00120-x     Document Type: Article

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