Maximum likelihood estimation for directional conditionally autoregressive models

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3160-3179

  Kyung, M ^a   Ghosh, S K ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Conditionally autoregressive models; Lattice data; Maximum likelihood estimation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954032221     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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