Regression trees for analysis of count data with extra Poisson variation

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 893-915

  Choi, Yunhee ^a   Ahn, Hongshik ^b   Chen, James J ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Generalized linear model; Quasi likelihood; Recursive partitioning

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STATISTICAL METHODS; TRIMMING;

CARCINOGENICITY; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; QUASI-LIKELIHOOD; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 18744386102     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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