Nested generalized linear mixed models: An orthodox best linear unbiased predictor approach

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-641

  Ma, Renjun ^a   Jørgensen, Bent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Estimating equation; Generalized linear model; Random effects; Tweedie exponential dispersion model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547837452     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2007.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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