Can Markov chain Monte Carlo be usefully applied to stochastic processes with hidden birth times?

Inverse Problems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1581-1606

  Renshaw, Eric ^a   Gibson, Gavin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BIOSS)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013001342     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/14/6/015     Document Type: Article

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