On the existence of the least squares estimate in nonlinear growth curve models of exponential type

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-182

  Demidenko, Eugene ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence; Exponential model; Gompertz curve; Growth curve; Least squares; Logistic model; Nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141779206     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929608831686     Document Type: Article

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