Quasi-likelihood from M-estimators: A numerical comparison with empirical likelihood

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-185

  Adimari, Gianfranco ^a   Ventura, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estimating equation; Linear transformation models; Profile likelihood; Pseudo likelihood; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149116938     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511485     Document Type: Review

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