In this paper, parametric and empirical likelihood functions or surfaces are compared. In particular, first- and second-order expansions for log likelihood functions are developed in nonparametric and ...

Mixed model analyses via restricted maximum likelihood, fitting the so-called animal model, have become standard methodology for the estimation of genetic variances. Models involving multiple genetic ...

Parabolic and hyperbolic stochastic partial differential equations in one-dimensional space have been proposed as models for the term structure of interest rates. The solution to these equations is ...