A Hybrid EM and Monte Carlo EM Algorithm and Its Application to Analysis of Transmission of Infectious Diseases

DOI10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01757.xzbMath1259.62107WikidataQ36110100 ScholiaQ36110100MaRDI QIDQ4911950

Ira M. jun. Longini, Valerie Obenchain, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Yang Yang

Publication date: 20 March 2013

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc3402623

zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithm; missing data; data augmentation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

92C60: Medical epidemiology

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