Parameter estimation in a model for misclassified Markov data - a Bayesian approach

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3805-3816

  Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a   Shofiqul Islam, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BEST CHOICE; CLASSIFICATION RATES; DATA SETS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; DISCRETE-TIME; GIBBS SAMPLING; INITIAL GUESS; INITIAL VALUES; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MEDICAL DATA; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETER IDENTIFIABILITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 67349202491     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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