Robustness for general design mixed models using the t-distribution

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-255

  Staudenmayer, J ^a   Lake, E E ^b   Wand, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Eigenstat Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive model; Nonparametric regression; Random effects; Semi parametric models; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249110846     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X0800900304     Document Type: Article

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