Sparse Partitioning: Nonlinear regression with binary or tertiary predictors, with application to association studies

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 2 A, 2011, Pages 873-893

  Speed, Doug ^a   Tavaré, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Large p small n problems; Nonlinear regression; Sparse bayesian modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857149444     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-AOAS411     Document Type: Article

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