Product Models for Frequency Tables Involving Indirect Observation
Shelby J. Haberman · The Annals of Statistics · 1977
Frequency tables are often encountered which cannot be directly observed. Examples occur in gene frequency estimation problems, latent structure analysis, epidemiology, and studies of group interactions. A class of models is proposed for these various applications. Maximum likelihood equations are derived, together with methods for their solution. Large-sample properties of these estimates are studied.