Bivariate binomial spatial modeling of Loa loa prevalence in tropical Africa

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 481, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Crainiceanu, Ciprian M ^a   Diggle, Peter J ^a,b   Rowlingson, Barry ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Low rank; Thin plate splines

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349084895     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000001409     Document Type: Article

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