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SUBMITTER: Tabatabai MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4501042 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tabatabai M A MA Kengwoung-Keumo J J JJ Eby W M WM Bae S S Manne U U Fouad M M Singh K P KP
Journal of biometrics & biostatistics 20140101 5
<h4>Background</h4>When outliers are present, the least squares method of nonlinear regression performs poorly. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a robust alternative technique to the Ordinary Least Squares nonlinear regression method. This new robust nonlinear regression method can provide accurate parameter estimates when outliers and/or influential observations are present.<h4>Method</h4>Real and simulated data for drug concentration and tumor size-metastasis are used to assess the ...[more]