Variance function estimation

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 82, Issue 400, 1987, Pages 1079-1091

  Davidian, M ^a   Carroll, R J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Heteroscedasticity; Regression; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950424782     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1987.10478543     Document Type: Article

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