Prediction interval for disease mapping using hierarchical likelihood

Computational Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-179

  Lee, Youngjo ^a   Jang, Myoungjin ^b   Lee, Woojoo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Empirical Bayes; Fully Bayes; Hierarchical generalized linear model; Hierarchical likelihood; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251596861     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: 16139658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00180-010-0215-3     Document Type: Article

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