A history of the metropolis–hastings algorithm

American Statistician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Hitchcock, David B ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biography; Markov chain; Monte Carlo method; Simulation; Statistical computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242541991     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/0003130032413     Document Type: Article

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