Markov Chain Monte Carlo on optimal adaptive sampling selections

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-151

  Chao, Chang Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Gibbs sampling; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Model based sampling; Multivariate lognormal distribution; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SURVEY DESIGN;

EID: 0037340804     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021993627070     Document Type: Article

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