Bias Reduction of Likelihood Estimators in Semiparametric Frailty Models

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Ha, Il Do ^a   Noh, Maengseok ^b   Lee, Youngjo ^c  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjusted profile likelihood; Frailty models; Hierarchical likelihood; Marginal likelihood; Modified likelihood; Penalized partial likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954004123     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2009.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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