Robust inference for finite poisson mixtures

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 93-115

  Karlis, Dimitris ^a   Xekalaki, Evdokia ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

62F35; 62G35; Gradient function; Hellinger deviance test; Hellinger gradient function; Influence; Likelihood ratio test; Robustness; Semiparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042694400     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(00)00207-X     Document Type: Article

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