Bayesian estimation for percolation models of disease spread in plant populations

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-402

  Gibson, G J ^a   Otten, W ^b   Filipe, J A N ^b,c   Cook, A ^a,d   Marion, G ^d   Gilligan, C A ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Fungal pathogens; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Spatio temporal modeling; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750044838     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-006-0019-z     Document Type: Article

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