Bayesian geo-additive modelling of childhood morbidity in Malawi

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-154

  Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Geo additive models; Spatial effects; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY (DHS); GEO-ADDITIVE MODELS; SPATIAL EFFECTS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 33646498287     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: 15264025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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