Importance sampling for Bayesian sensitivity analysis

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-278

  O'Neill, B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Importance sampling; Imprecise prevision; Imprecise probability; Robustness; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; SAMPLING;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; IMPRECISE PREVISION; IMPRECISE PROBABILITY; ROBUSTNESS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 59749103780     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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