Model identification and computer algebra

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-156

  Bollen, Kenneth A ^a   Bauldry, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

identification; simultaneous equations; structural equation models; symbolic algebra; unique solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957864354     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124110366238     Document Type: Article

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