Bayesian curve fitting using multivariate normal mixtures

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-79

  Müller, Peter ^a   Erkanli, Alaattin ^b   West, Mike ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian regression estimation; Dirichlet mixture model; Markov chain simulation; Multivariate density estimation; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002881872     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.1.67     Document Type: Article

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