On Bayesian analyses and finite mixtures for proportions

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-190

  Brooks, S P ^a  

^a CMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxiliary variables; Beta binomial; Dominant lethal assay; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Mutagenic testing; Posterior model probabilities; Reversible jump MCMC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042379699     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008983500916     Document Type: Article

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