Approximate Bayesian Inference for Survival Models

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-528

  Martino, Sara ^a   Akerkar, Rupali ^a   Rue, Håvard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Approximate inference; Bayesian hazard rate model; Geoadditive hazard regression; Laplace approximation; Latent Gaussian fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051879144     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2010.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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