Two-stage nonlinear mixed model analysis using expected value transformations

South African Statistical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-117

  Gumpertz, Marcia L ^a   Clarke, G P Y ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Expected value parameters; Nonlinear mixed effects models; Profile likelihood; Random coefficient regression; Ross transform points; Standard two stage estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744446659     PISSN: 0038271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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