Bayesian quadrature with non-normal approximating functions

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-375

  Kennedy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximating posterior densities; finite mixture of normals; Bayesian quadrature; Gaussian process; Numerical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041593780     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008832824006     Document Type: Article

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