Conditional Second-Order Generalized Estimating Equations for Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Models - Vonesh, Edward F; Wang, Hao; Nie, Lei; Majumdar, Dibyen (Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2002)
Keywords: Applications; Approximation; Asymptotics; Consistent estimators; Convergence; Covariance; Covariance matrices; Estimation; Estimators; Exact sciences and technology; First-order linearization; Gaussian random effects; Laplace approximation; Least squares method; Linear inference, regression; Linear models; Mathematical models; Mathematics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Medical sciences; Modeling; Multilevel models; Non-linear models; Nonparametric inference; Parametric inference; Parametric models; Penalized extended least squares; Probability and statistics; Quadratic exponential family; Random variables; Sciences and techniques of general use; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Statistical variance; Statistics; Theory and Methods; Second order equation; Generalized linear model; Statistical analysis; First order linearization; Covariance analysis; Epilepsy; Gaussian distribution; Variance analysis; Penalty method; Least squares method; Mixed model; Non linear model; Generalized equation; Exponential family; Numerical simulation; Laplace transformation; Asymptotic approximation; Quadratic estimation