Regression techniques in plate tectonics

Statistical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 342-356

  Chang, Ted ^a   Ko, Daijin ^b   Royer, Jean Yves ^c   Lu, Jiandong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence function; Nonlinear regression; Plate tectonics; Regression diagnostics; Spherical regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041759965     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1009213002     Document Type: Article

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