Parameter estimation in the error-in-variables models using the gibbs sampler

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-138

  Jitjareonchai, Jessada J ^a   Reilly, Park M ^a   Duever, Thomas A ^a   Chambers, Douglas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SENES Consultants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian inferences; Error in variables model (EVM); Gibbs Sampler; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN INFERENCES; ERROR-IN-VARIABLES MODEL (EVM); GIBBS SAMPLER; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO (MCMC);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33745617729     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450840116     Document Type: Article

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