Counting and locating the solutions of polynomial systems of maximum likelihood equations, II: The Behrens-fisher problem

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1343-1354

  Buot, Max Louis G ^a   Hoşten, Serkan ^b   Richards, Donald St P ^c,d,e  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAMSI ^*

^e Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute USA   (United States)

Author keywords

B zout's theorem; Behrens fisher problem; Maximum likelihood degree; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549130370     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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