Shared challenges and common ground for Bayesian and classical analysis of hierarchical statistical models

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 584-588

  Valpine, Perry De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 65349135354     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0562.1     Document Type: Article

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