The initial conditions problem in longitudinal count process: A simulation study

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 589-604

  Fotouhi, Ali Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseline effect; Initial conditions; Longitudinal count data; Markov effect; Random effects; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BASELINE EFFECTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LONGITUDINAL COUNT DATA; MARKOV EFFECTS; RANDOM EFFECTS;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 34147129137     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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