A general framework for the parametrization of hierarchical models

Statistical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-73

  Papaspiliopoulos, Omiros ^a   Roberts, Gareth O ^b   Sköld, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hierarchical models; Latent stochastic processes; MCMC; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249101736     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342307000000014     Document Type: Review

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