Hierarchical Bayes estimation of spatial statistics for rates

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 358-365

  Torabi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Hierarchical Bayes; Mixed effect model; Model adequacy; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052289164     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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