Estimability analysis of variance and covariance components

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 593-602

  Xu, Peiliang ^a   Liu, Yumei ^b   Shen, Yunzhong ^c   Fukuda, Yoichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHENYANG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estimability; Restricted maximum likelihood; Variance and covariance components

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548274570     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0122-0     Document Type: Article

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