Gauss-Hermite quadrature approximation for estimation in generalised linear mixed models

Computational Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-78

  Pan, Jianxin ^a   Thompson, Robin ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gauss Hermite quadrature; Generalised linear mixed models; Maximum likelihood estimates; Newton Raphson algorithm; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038610941     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001800300132     Document Type: Article

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