Accurate higher-order likelihood inference on P(Y (2) Cortese, Giuliana a Ventura, Laura a a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA (Italy)

Computational Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1035-1059

Author keywords

Area under the ROC curve; Confidence interval; Higher order likelihood inference; Modified signed log likelihood; Small sample size; Stress strength model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878595831     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: 16139658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00180-012-0343-z     Document Type: Article

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