A semiparametric Bayesian approach to the random effects model

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 921-938

  Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process; Gibbs sampler; Longitudinal data; Nonparametric Bayes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN MODELLING; CLASSICAL MODELING; DIRICHLET PROCESS; GIBBS SAMPLERS; LONGITUDINAL DATA; NON-PARAMETRIC BAYES; RANDOM EFFECTS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; SEMIPARAMETRIC;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031662186     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533846     Document Type: Article

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