Bayes in the sky: Bayesian inference and model selection in cosmology

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-104

  Trotta, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Cosmology; Data analysis; Model comparison; Parameter inference; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649096427     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510802066753     Document Type: Article

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