Multivariate Statistical Modelling Based on Generalized Linear Models

Classical statistical models for regression, time series and longitudinal data provide well-established tools for approximately normally distributed vari­ ables. Enhanced by the availability of software packages these models dom­ inated the field of applications for a long time. With the introduction of generalized linear models (GLM) a much more flexible instrument for sta­ tistical modelling has been created. The broad class of GLM's includes some of the classicallinear models as special ca