The Bayesian information criterion: Background, derivation, and applications

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Neath, Andrew A ^a   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factors; BIC; Model selection criterion; Schwarz information criterion

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; BAYES FACTOR; BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN POSTERIOR PROBABILITIES; BIC; CANDIDATE MODELS; EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE; MODEL SELECTION CRITERION; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; SCHWARZ; STATISTICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84856722355     PISSN: 19395108     EISSN: 19390068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wics.199     Document Type: Article

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