Robustness of the linear mixed model to misspecified error distribution

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5142-5154

  Jacqmin Gadda, Hélène ^a,b   Sibillot, Solenne ^a,b   Proust, Cécile ^a,b   Molina, Jean Michel ^c   Thiébaut, Rodolphe ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood estimator; Misspecification; Mixed model; Random effect; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ERROR DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MIXED MODELS; RANDOM-EFFECT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34247368897     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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