Laplace expansions in Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-94

  Guihenneuc Jouyaux, Chantal ^a,b   Rousseau, Judith ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^d CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Gibbs algorithm; Laplace approximation; Latent variable models

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944401042     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186005X25727     Document Type: Article

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