Automatic calculation of the sensitivity of Bayesian fisheries models to informative priors

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1028-1036

  Millar, Russell B ^a   Stewart, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MODELING;

SEBASTES;

EID: 24644504837     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-240     Document Type: Article

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