Local minima in categorical multiple regression

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 446-462

  Van Der Kooij, Anita J ^a   Meulman, Jacqueline J ^a   Heiser, Willem J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternating least squares; Backfitting; Categorical data; CATREG; Linearization; Local minima; Monotonic; Multiple regression; Multiple systematic starts; Nonlinear regression; Nonmonotonic; Optimal scaling; Quantification; Transformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

CATREG; MONOTONIC TRANSFORMATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944558337     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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