Model choice in generalised linear models: A Bayesian approach via Kullback-Leibler projections

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-37

  Goutis, Constantinos ^a,b   Robert, Christian P ^a  

^a Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Kullback Leibler distance; Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms; Parsimonious model; Point null hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002809667     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.1.29     Document Type: Article

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