## Bernoulli

• Bernoulli
• Volume 19, Number 4 (2013), 1404-1418.

### Aspects of likelihood inference

Nancy Reid

#### Abstract

I review the classical theory of likelihood based inference and consider how it is being extended and developed for use in complex models and sampling schemes.

#### Article information

Source
Bernoulli, Volume 19, Number 4 (2013), 1404-1418.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 27 August 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1377612858

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3150/12-BEJSP03

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3102557

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1273.62053

#### Citation

Reid, Nancy. Aspects of likelihood inference. Bernoulli 19 (2013), no. 4, 1404--1418. doi:10.3150/12-BEJSP03. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1377612858

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