A nonlinear regression model with skew-normal errors

Statistical Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-558

  Cancho, Vicente G ^a   Lachos, Víctor H ^b   Ortega, Edwin M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; MCMC; Nonlinear regression models; Skew normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955918725     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00362-008-0139-y     Document Type: Article

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