Using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for estimating parameters with gravitational radiation data

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Christensen, Nelson ^a   Meyer, Renate ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; GRAVITY; INTERFEROMETER; LASER; PROBABILITY; RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034888517     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.022001     Document Type: Article

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