Markov chain Monte Carlo model determination for hierarchical and graphical log-linear models

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 615-633

  Dellaportas, Petros ^a   Forster, Jonathan J ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Contingency table; Decomposable model; Graphical model; Hierarchical log linear model; Markov chain monte carlo; Reversible jump

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000860415     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.3.615     Document Type: Article

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