Orthodox BLUP versus h-likelihood methods for inferences about random effects in Tweedie mixed models

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-303

  Lee, Youngjo ^a   Ha, Il Do ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased predictor; h likelihood; Hierarchical generalized linear models; Marginal likelihood; Prediction interval; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953477065     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-009-9122-2     Document Type: Article

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