Bayesian model learning based on a parallel MCMC strategy

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-362

  Corander, Jukka ^a   Gyllenberg, Mats ^a   Koski, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Model learning; Parallel search

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750036659     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-006-9391-y     Document Type: Article

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