Restricted likelihood ratio tests in nonparametric longitudinal models

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 713-729

  Crainiceanu, Ciprian M ^a   Ruppert, David ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Linear mixed models; Non standard asymptotics; Penalized splines; Subject specific curves; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644248383     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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