Statistical inference in nonlinear regression under heteroscedasticity

Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-218

  Lim, Changwon ^a   Sen, Pranab K ^b,c   Peddada, Shyamal D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Dose response study; Heteroscedasticity; Hill model; M estimation procedure; Nonlinear regression model; Toxicology; Weighted M estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960951062     PISSN: 09727671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13571-011-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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