MCMC-based estimation methods for continuous longitudinal data with non-random (non)-monotone missingness

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-311

  Sotto, Cristina ^a   Beunckens, Caroline ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a,b   Kenward, Michael G ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Markov chain monte carlo; Multivariate dale model

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; EM ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION METHODS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; MISSING VALUES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 77958076540     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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