Nonparametric estimation in nonlinear mixed effects models

Biometrika

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Lai, Tze Leung ^a   Shih, Mei Chiung ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes; Mixture likelihood; Nonlinear mixed effects model; Nonparametric random effects; Population pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843063309     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/90.1.1     Document Type: Article

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