Empirical Likelihood Testing for Longitudinal Varying Coefficient Models

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By using the empirical likelihood method, a testing method is proposed for longitudinal varying coefficient models. Some simulations and a real data analysis are undertaken to investigate the power of the empirical likelihood based testing method.

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