Bayesian modelling of prehistoric corbelled domes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-354

  Fan, Y ^b   Brooks, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian model selection; Changepoint models; Gibbs sampler; Log linear models; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Metropolis Hastings sampling; Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000893004     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00239     Document Type: Article

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