Computing bayes factors by combining simulation and asymptotic approximations

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 439, 1997, Pages 903-915

  Diciccio, Thomas J ^a   Kass, Robert E ^b   Wasserman, Larry ^b   Raftery, Adrian ^c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartlett corrections; Laplace's method; Model selection; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744432053     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474045     Document Type: Article

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