Tests for variance components in varying coefficient mixed models

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-148

  Li, Zaixing ^a   Wang, Yuedong ^b   Wu, Ping ^c   Xu, Wangli ^d   Zhu, Lixing ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extended quasi likelihood; Likelihood ratio test; Longitudinal data; Random effects; Score test; Smoothing spline; Variance components; Varying coefficient models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863338041     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5705/ss.2009.229     Document Type: Article

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