Bridge estimation of the probability density at a point

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 603-612

  Mira, Antonietta ^a   Nicholls, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Marginal likelihood; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis Hastings algorithms

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142761519     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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