AMCMC: An R interface for adaptive MCMC

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5467-5470

  Rosenthal, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive algorithms; Markov chain Monte Carlo; R C interface; Statistical software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

R/C INTERFACE; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34547188753     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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