Parameter estimation in large dynamic paired comparison experiments

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-394

  Glickman, Mark E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian estimation; Bradley terry model; Chess; Ranking; State space models; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033426506     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00159     Document Type: Article

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