Genetics and stochastic simulation do mix!

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Sisson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Population genetics; Reversible jump; Simulated tempering; Statistical genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248325683     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X169965     Document Type: Article

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