A generalized threshold mixed model for analyzing nonnormal nonlinear time series, with application to plague in Kazakhstan

Biometrika

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-118

  Samia, Noelle I ^a   Chan, Kung Sik ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Delay; Epizootic event; Exponential family; Plague outbreak; Stochastic regression

Indexed keywords

GERBILLINAE; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS;

EID: 33947099989     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asm006     Document Type: Article

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