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The minimum density power divergence (MDPD) framework (Basu et al., 1998) provides a family of estimators indexed by a parameter (α), which controls the tradeoff between efficiency and robustness. In this paper, we extend this estimation framework to finite mixtures of regression models. In...

Cancer registries are often interested in estimating net survival, the probability of survival if the cancer under study is the only possible cause of death. In 2011, Pohar Perme et al. proposed a new estimator of net survival based on inverse-probability weighting. They demonstrated that...

This paper presents xsmle, a new Stata command for the estimation of spatial panel-data models. xsmle fits a spatial autoregressive model, a spatial error model, and a spatial Durbin model with fixed or random effects and with or without a dynamic component. Moreover, xsmle estimates the...

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Introduzione: L'inizio dell'abitudine al fumo avviene prevalentemente durante l'adolescenza e può essere influenzato dalle reti di relazioni che si creano a scuola. Il presente studio ha l'obiettivo di ricostruire le reti di relazioni tra gli studenti del primo e secondo anno di una scuola...

Maxima is a free and open-source computer algebra system (CAS), namely, software that can perform symbolic computations such as solving equations, determining derivatives of functions, obtaining Taylor series, and manipulating algebraic expressions. In this presentation, I discuss the Maxima...