A Bayesian analysis of the three-stage hierarchical multinomial model

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-126

  Nandram, Balgobin ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian predictive inference; Dirichlet prior; Hyper parameters; Logistic model; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Sparse tables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032332185     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659808811904     Document Type: Article

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