Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian analysis of constrained parameter problems

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Shao, Qi Man ^b  

^a United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian computation; Bayesian hierarchical model; Gibbs sampling; Marginal posterior density estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009416995     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.1.73     Document Type: Article

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