Manipulating and summarizing posterior simulations using random variable objects

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-244

  Kerman, Jouni ^a   Gelman, Andrew ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian data analysis; Bayesian inference; Object oriented programming; Posterior simulation; Random variable objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547891106     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-007-9020-4     Document Type: Article

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