An automated (Markov chain) Monte Carlo EM algorithm

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-360

  Levine, Richard A ^a   Fan, Juanjuan ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed models; Gibbs sampler; Importance sampling; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Regenerative simulation; Renewal theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442599184     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0094965031000147704     Document Type: Article

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