HYDRA: A Java library for Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-32

  Warnes, Gregory R ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibbs Sampling; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Software Library

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242732710     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v007.i04     Document Type: Article

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