Constructing partial prior specifications for models of complex physical systems

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-53

  Craig, Peter S ^b   Goldstein, Michael ^a   Seheult, Allan H ^b   Smith, James A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayes linear methods; Computer experiments; Covariance specification; Elicitation tools; History matching; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002563962     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00115     Document Type: Article

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