A genetic method of LAD estimation for models with censored data

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-466

  Zhou, Xiuqing ^a   Wang, Jinde ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Censored data; Genetic algorithm; LAD estimation; Linear regression

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

CENSORED DATA; LAD ESTIMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; OPTIMAL SOLUTION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 10044232901     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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