Model determination for categorical data with factor level merging

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-283

  Dellaportas, Petras ^a   Tarantola, Claudia ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Graphical models; Level merging; Log linear models; Markov chain monte carlo methods; Reversible jump

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244409493     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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