Approximate bayesian computation: A nonparametric perspective

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 491, 2010, Pages 1178-1187

  Blum, Michael G B ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Conditional density estimation; Implicit statistical model; Kernel regression; Local polynomial; Simulation based inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956219298     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2010.tm09448     Document Type: Article

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