Bayesian exoplanet tests of a new method for MCMC sampling in highly correlated model parameter spaces

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-110

  Gregory, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical; Planetary systems; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ASTROMETRY; BAYESIAN; EXO-PLANETS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SAMPLINGS; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PARAMETER SPACES; PLANETARY SYSTEM; TECHNIQUES: RADIAL VELOCITIES;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 78650128396     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17428.x     Document Type: Article

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