Estimating rate uncertainty with maximum likelihood: Differences between power-law and flicker-random-walk models

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 775-783

  Langbein, John ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Least squares; Rate; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANDOM WALK METHOD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865528717     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-012-0556-5     Document Type: Article

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