On some criteria for estimating the order of a markov chain

Technometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 243-249

  Katz, Richard W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike s information criterion; Bayesian information criterion; Markov chain order; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

RAIN AND RAINFALL;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0019598027     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1981.10486293     Document Type: Article

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