Marginal likelihood estimation via power posteriors

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-607

  Friel, N ^a   Pettitt, A N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Hidden Markov model; Model choice; Regression; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149143421     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2007.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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