A robust conflict measure of inconsistencies in bayesian hierarchical models

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 816-828

  Dahl, Fredrik A ^a,b   Gåsemyr, Jørund ^a   Natvig, Bent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Double use of data; Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations; Model evaluation; One way analysis of variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749034828     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2007.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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