On quasi likelihood equations with non-parametric weights

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 577-602

  Li, Bing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical process; Infinite dimensional nuisance parameters; Non parametric estimating equations; Quasi likelihood; Roughness penalty; Spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035541828     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00256     Document Type: Article

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