Comparing generalised maximum entropy and partial least squares methods for structural equation models

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1017-1036

  Ciavolino, Enrico ^a   Al Nasser, Amjad D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction index; Generalised maximum entropy; Messy data; Partial least squares; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649137099     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250903009037     Document Type: Article

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