Forecasting for some stochastic process models related to sow farm management

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 797-812

  Marín, Juan ^a   Plà, Lluis M ^b,c   Ríos Insua, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference and forecasting; Dynamic linear models; Semi Markov models; Sow herd management

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144465530     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760500079845     Document Type: Article

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