Semiparametric mean–covariance regression analysis for longitudinal data

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 489, 2010, Pages 181-193

  Leng, Chenlei ^a   Zhang, Weiping ^b   Pan, Jianxin ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariance misspecification; Efficiency; Generalized estimating equation; Longitudinal data; Modified Cholesky decomposition; Semiparametric models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952560131     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.tm08485     Document Type: Article

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