In this paper, we discuss the MLEs for log-linear models with partially classified data. We propose to apply the Aitken [delta]2 method of Aitken [Aitken, A.C., 1926. On Bernoulli's numerical solution of algebraic equations. Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 46, 289-305] to the EM and ECM algorithms to...

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...

We derive an explicit form of a Markov basis on the junction tree for a decomposable log-linear model. Then we give a description of a Markov basis characterized by global Markov properties associated with the graph of a decomposable log-linear model and show how to use the Markov basis for...