On statistical uncertainty in nested sampling

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1418-1426

  Keeton, Charles R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methods: analytical; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN EVIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PARAMETER SPACES; RANDOM SAMPLING; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATORS;

SAMPLING;

EID: 79958154819     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18474.x     Document Type: Article

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