Bayesian prediction of the shelf life of a military ration with sensory data

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-392

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Nandram, Balgobin ^a   Ross, Edward W ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhenius surface; Gibbs sampler; Hierarchical model; Multinomial data; Nonlinear least squares; Probit link

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001434016     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400525     Document Type: Article

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