Explicit Bayesian solution for incomplete pre-post test problems using inverse Bayes formulae

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1111-1129

  Tan, Ming ^a   Tian, Guo Liang ^a   Xiong, Xiaoping ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Gibbs sampler; Inverse Bayes formulae; SIR method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034870178     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-100104352     Document Type: Article

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