An EM algorithm for the estimation of parametric and nonparametric hierarchical nonlinear models

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-233

  Vermunt, Jeroen K ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finite mixture model; Latent class analysis; Latent class regression; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multilevel analysis; Nonlinear mixed model; Nonlinear random effects model

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842683176     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0039-0402.2003.00257.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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