Inference in segmented line regression: A simulation study

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1087-1103

  Kim, Hyune Ju ^a   Yu, Binbing ^b   Feuer, Eric J ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change points; Continuous fitting; Grid search; Joinpoint regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049083904     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650701528461     Document Type: Article

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