Fast sampling of Gaussian Markov random fields

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 325-338

  Håvard, Rue ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Block sampling; Conditional autoregressive model; Divide and conquer strategy; Gaussian Markov random field; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649131     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00288     Document Type: Article

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