Semiparametric inference in generalized mixed effects models

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 913-930

  Lombardía, María José ^a   Sperlich, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Generalized partial linear models; Mixed effects models; Semiparametric inference; Small area statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849089913     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2008.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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