"Turning points" in the Iraq conflict: Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo in political science

American Statistician

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Spirling, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Change points; Political methodology; Sectarian violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649023666     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313007X247076     Document Type: Article

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