Models with a Kronecker product covariance structure: Estimation and testing

Mathematical Methods of Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-370

  Srivastava, M S ^a   von Rosen, T ^b,c   von Rosen, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

covariance structure; flip flop algorithm; intraclass correlation structure; Kronecker product structure; likelihood ratio test; maximum likelihood estimators; repeated measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350429441     PISSN: 10665307     EISSN: 19348045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1066530708040066     Document Type: Article

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