EM algorithms for nonlinear mixed effects models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3244-3256

  Wang, Jing ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EM; Gauss Hermite quadrature; Importance sampling; Laplace; Linearization; Markov chain; Monte Carlo; Nonlinear mixed effects model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LINEARIZATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EM ALGORITHMS; GAUSS HERMITE QUADRATURE; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS MODEL;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846594422     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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