Bayesian Inference for a Lanchester Type Combat Model

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 541-558

  Wiper, M P ^a   Pettit, L I ^b   Young, K D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian regression; Combat models; Gibbs sampling; Lanchester laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012489401     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(200010)47:7<541::AID-NAV1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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