On optimal selection of summary statistics for approximate bayesian computation

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nunes, Matthew A ^a   Balding, David J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computational statistics; data reduction; entropy; likelihood free inference; sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METHODOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; HAPLOTYPES; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 77957728670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1576     Document Type: Article

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