Small area population prediction via hierarchical models

Survey Methodology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-214

  Souza, Debora F ^a   Moura, Fernando A S ^b   Migon, Helio S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Population projection; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949526933     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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