Linear quantile mixed models

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 461-479

  Geraci, Marco ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Best linear predictor; Clarke's derivative; Gaussian quadrature; Hierarchical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898543177     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-013-9381-9     Document Type: Article

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