Robust linear mixed models using the skew t distribution with application to schizophrenia data

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-469

  Ho, Hsiu J ^a   Lin, Tsung I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AECM algorithm; Intermittent missing values; Outliers; Random effects; Skew t linear mixed model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DISEASES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ALTERNATING EXPECTATION CONDITIONAL MAXIMIZATIONS; ALTERNATING EXPECTATION-CONDITIONAL MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; EXPECTATION CONDITIONAL MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; INTERMITTENT MISSING VALUE; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MISSING VALUES; OUTLIER; RANDOM EFFECTS; SKEW T LINEAR MIXED MODEL; T DISTRIBUTION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 77956283939     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200900184     Document Type: Article

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