On variance components in semiparametric mixed models for longitudinal data

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-457

  Li, Zaixing ^a   Zhu, Lixing ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Longitudinal data; Random effects; Smoothing spline; Variance estimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955762772     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2010.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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