Bayesian reference analysis for Gaussian Markov random fields

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 789-812

  Ferreira, Marco A R ^a   De Oliveira, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequentist properties; Integrated likelihood; Jeffreys prior; Objective Bayesian analysis; Reference prior; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846925953     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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