Bayesian analysis of a multinomial sequence and homogeneity of literary style

American Statistician

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Girón, Javier ^a   Ginebra, Josep ^b   Riba, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gibbs sampler; Multinomial change point analysis; Multinomial cluster analysis; Stylometry; Word length

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544267765     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313005X21311     Document Type: Article

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