Problems with determination of noncommunicating classes for Monte Carlo Markov chain applications in pedigree analysis

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 416-425

  Jensen, C S ^a   Sheehan, N ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex pedigrees; Gibbs sampling; Islands; Reducibility

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

COMPLEX PEDIGREE; EXACT CALCULATIONS; GIBBS SAMPLING; ISLAND; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; MONTE CARLO MARKOV CHAIN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; REDUCIBILITY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031745091     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3109752     Document Type: Article

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