Maximum likelihood estimation for germination-growth processes with application to neurotransmitters data

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 725-732

  Chiu, S N ^a   Molchanov, I S ^b   Quine, M P ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germination growth; Maximum likelihood estimation; Neurobiology; Poisson; Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142136674     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0094965031000078855     Document Type: Article

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