Bayesian analysis of directed graphs data with applications to social networks

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Gill, Paramjit S ^a   Swartz, Tim B ^b  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Social network models; Statistical graph theory; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342606993     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9876.2003.05215.x     Document Type: Article

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