Profile likelihood in directed graphical models from BUGS output

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-66

  Højbjerre, Malene ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian graphical model; BUGS; Directed graphical model; Integrated likelihood; Profile likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346463253     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021939828576     Document Type: Article

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