Seriation in paleontological data using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-70

  Puolamäki, Kai ^a   Fortelius, Mikael ^b   Mannila, Heikki ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; EXTINCTION TIME; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; MODELING PARAMETERS; OUTLIER DETECTION; PALAEONTOLOGICAL DATA; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SITE DETECTION;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

ARTICLE; CENOZOIC; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MAMMAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAXON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645797854     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020006     Document Type: Article

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