New algorithms for Luria-Delbrück fluctuation analysis

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-214

  Zheng, Qi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation rate; Newton Raphson algorithm; Observed Fisher information; Profile likelihood based confidence interval; Score function

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLUTUATION ANALYSIS; MUTATION RATES;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFORMATION; LURIA DELBRUCK FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

LURIA;

EID: 23044450296     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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