A robust regression model for a first-order autoregressive time series with unequal spacing: Application to water monitoring

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 769-780

  Houseman, E Andrés ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Boston Harbor; Bounded influence estimation; Environmetrics; Robust estimation; Time series; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944563376     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.05511.x     Document Type: Article

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