Robust estimating equations and bias correction of correlation parameters for longitudinal data

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4745-4753

  Qin, Guo You ^a   Zhu, Zhong Yi ^a   Fung, Wing K ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CORRELATION PARAMETERS; LONGITUDINAL DATA;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 44349146690     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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