Assessment of variance components in elliptical linear mixed models

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-76

  Savalli, Carine ^a   Paula, Gilberto A ^a   Cysneiros, Francisco J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elliptical distributions; Hypothesis testing; One sided alternatives; Robust models; Score tests; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645787851     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1471082X06st104oa     Document Type: Article

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