Hierarchical Bayesian modeling of random and residual variance-covariance matrices in bivariate mixed effects models

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-313

  Bello, Nora M ^a   Steibel, Juan P ^a   Tempelman, Robert J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate Bayesian modeling; Cholesky decomposition; Heterogeneous covariances; Mixed effects model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BAYESIAN MODELLING; BIVARIATE; BIVARIATE BAYESIAN MODELING; CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION; CO-VARIANCE; HETEROGENEOUS COVARIANCE; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RESIDUAL VARIANCE;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINAE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MILK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77954514569     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200900182     Document Type: Article

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