Conditional and unconditional methods for selecting variables in linear mixed models

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 641-660

  Kubokawa, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Best linear unbiased predictor; Fay Herriot model; Linear mixed model; Maximum likelihood estimator; Nested error regression model; Prediction error; Primary; Restricted maximum likelihood estimator; Secondary; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651234517     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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