Probability model selection using information-theoretic optimization criterion

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-224

  Sy, Bon K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Information theory; Model selection; Optimization; Probabilistic inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648071     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650108812091     Document Type: Article

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