Using hidden Markov chains and empirical Bayes change-point estimation for transect data

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-264

  Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a,c,d,e   Cressie, Noel ^{b,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k Department of Statistics ^*

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Author keywords

EM algorithm; Gibbs sampler; Image analysis; Simulated annealing; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012760634     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018582614125     Document Type: Article

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