Sample selection in radiocarbon dating

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-557

  Christen, J Andrés ^a,b   Buck, Caitlin E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Unidad Morelia   (Mexico)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Optimal designs; Optimal sample size; Radiocarbon dating; Risk functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039394388     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00127     Document Type: Article

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