Computation of the information matrix for models with spatial interaction on a lattice

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 910-927

  Smirnov, Oleg A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian Markov random field; Information matrix; Maximum likelihood estimation; Sparse conjugate gradient method; Spatial autoregressive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544451135     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186005X78585     Document Type: Article

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