On the geometric ergodicity of hybrid samplers

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-146

  Fort, G ^a   Moulines, E ^b   Roberts, G O ^c   Rosenthal, J S ^d  

^a LMC   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometric ergodicity; Hybrid sampler; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037573237     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1044476831     Document Type: Article

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