Estimation of linear mixed models with a mixture of distribution for the random effects

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Proust, Cécile ^a   Jacqmin Gadda, Hélène ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive ageing; Heterogeneous mixed model; Longitudinal data; Mixture model; Newton Raphson like algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; WEBSITES;

COGNITIVE EVOLUTION PATTERNS; EM ALGORITHMS; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; RANDOM EFFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 17644379544     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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