A comparative study of small area estimators

SORT

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-229

  Santamaría, Laureano ^a   Morales, Domingo ^a   Molina, Isabel ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eblup estimators; Mixed linear models; Sampling designs; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844259589     PISSN: 16962281     EISSN: 20138830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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