Generalized least squares, taylor series linearization and fisher's scoring in multivariate nonlinear regression

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 453, 2001, Pages 282-291

  Vonesh, Edward F ^a   Wang, Hao ^b   Majumdar, Dibyen ^c  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Premier Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Least squares; Multivariate nonlinear regression; Objective function; Unbiased estimating equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842665163     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501750332857     Document Type: Article

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