Bayesian graphical modelling: A case-study in monitoring health outcomes

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

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-133

  Spiegelhalter, David J ^a,b  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cervical screening; Gibbs sampling; Hierarchical models; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041173474     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00101     Document Type: Article

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