Estimating functions in indirect inference

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-462

  Heggland, Knut ^a   Frigessi, Arnoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variance; Estimating functions; G G 1 queue; Implicit statistical models; Indirect inference; Simulated likelihood; Transactional data

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442478330     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7412.2003.05341.x     Document Type: Article

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