Computational bayesian analysis of hidden markov models

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-211

  Rydén, Tobias ^a   Titterington, D M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Ergodicity; Gibbs sampling; Markov chain; Markov random field; Pseudolikelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221039     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.1998.10474770     Document Type: Article

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