On the existence and uniqueness of the maximum likelihood estimates for certain generalized linear models
若干广义线性模型最大似然估计的存在性与唯一性
Generalized linear models were defined by Nelder & Wedderburn (1972) and include a large class of useful statistical models. It is shown that for some of these models maximum likelihood estimates always exist and that for some others they exist provided certain degeneracies in the data do not occur. Similar results are obtained for uniqueness of maximum likelihood estimates and for their being confined to the interior of the parameter space. For instance, with the familiar…