A Bayesian surrogate model for rapid time series analysis and application to exoplanet observations

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-500

  Ford, Eric B ^a   Moorhead, Althea V ^a   Veras, Dimitri ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exoplanets; Model comparison; Model selection; Numerical methods; Periodogram; Radial velocities; Transit timing variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455219318     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-BA619     Document Type: Article

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