The Isserlis matrix and its application to non-decomposable graphical Gaussian models

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 711-725

  Roverato, Alberto ^a   Whittaker, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Conjugate prior; Graphical gaussian model; Hyper markov law; Isserlis matrix; Matrix completion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011521719     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.3.711     Document Type: Article

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