Statistical estimation from an optimization viewpoint

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 1999, Pages 79-101

  Wets, Roger J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Constrained maximum likelihood estimation; Epi convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033468948     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018934214007     Document Type: Article

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