Flexible modelling of random effects in linear mixed models-A Bayesian approach

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1347-1361

  Ho, Remus K W ^a   Hu, Inchi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Hierarchical model; Linear mixed model; Mixture models; Random effects; RJMCMC algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HIERARCHICAL MODEL; LINEAR MIXED MODEL; MIXTURE MODELS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RJMCMC ALGORITHM;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 35548944470     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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