Auxiliary variable methods for markov chain monte carlo with applications

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 442, 1998, Pages 585-595

  Higdon, David M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032398552     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10473712     Document Type: Article

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