Best linear unbiased predictor in the mixed model with incomplete data

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-129

  Barroso, Lúcia P ^a   Bussab, Wilton O ^b   Knott, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BLUP; Missing observation; Mixed linear model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347599100     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832654     Document Type: Article

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