Bayesian test of homogeneity for Markov chains

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Dupuis, Jérôme A ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Entropy; Homogeneity; Kullback leibler distance; Longitudinal data; Proximity; Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031068370     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(96)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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