Generalised data augmentation and posterior inferences

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-171

  Gibson, Gavin J ^a   Streftaris, George ^a   Zachary, Stan ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Data augmentation; Fiducial inference; Markov chain methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956281968     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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