Goodness-of-fit tests for mixed models

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-458

  Ritz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Empirical processes; Estimated best linear unbiased predictors; Goodness of fit statistics; Mixed linear models; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043165629     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2004.02_101.x     Document Type: Article

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