Estimating data transformations in nonlinear mixed effects models

Biometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Oberg, Ann ^a   Davidian, Marie ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laplace's approximation; Nonlinear mixed effects model; Random effects; Repeated measurements; Small sigma; Transform both sides

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METADATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATUM TRANSFORMATION; LAPLACE'S APPROXIMATION; MEASUREMENT DATA; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECT MODEL; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS; RANDOM EFFECTS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SMALL SIGMA; TRANSFORM BOTH SIDES;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHARMACOKINETICS; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0034061974     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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