Applications of Bayesian model selection to cosmological parameters

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-82

  Trotta, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmological parameters; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYES FACTOR; BAYESIAN MODEL SELECTION; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NEW PARAMETERS; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; SPECTRAL INDICES; WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 34249745299     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11738.x     Document Type: Article

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