Robust estimation for linear regression with asymmetric errors

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 511-528

  Bianco, Ana M ^a   Garcia Ben, Marta ^a   Yohai, Víctor J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CÁLCULO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Log gamma regression; M estimates; Robust estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644671506     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550330404     Document Type: Article

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