Gibbs sampling for a bayesian hierarchical general linear model

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 313-333

  Johnson, Alicia A ^a   Jones, Galin L ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence rate; Drift condition; General linear model; Geometric ergodicity; Gibbs sampler; Markov chain; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649758959     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-EJS515     Document Type: Article

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