Bhattacharyya, B. B.; Khoshgoftaar, T. M.; Richardson, G. D. - In: Statistics & Probability Letters 14 (1992) 5, pp. 407-411
Conditions are given which ensure the nonexistence of a sequence of strongly consistent M-estimators in a general parameter estimation problem. An example is given of a nonlinear regression model used in software engineering and having the property that every sequence of least squares estimators...