Multimodality of the likelihood in the bivariate seemingly unrelated regressions model

Biometrika

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-392

  Drton, Mathias ^a   Richardson, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical model; Iterative estimation; Local maxima; Maximum likelihood estimation; System of regression equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944558941     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/91.2.383     Document Type: Article

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