Bayesian posterior distributions without Markov chains

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 368-375

  Cole, Stephen R ^a   Chu, Haitao ^b   Greenland, Sander ^c,d   Hamra, Ghassan ^a   Richardson, David B ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; epidemiologic methods; inference; Monte Carlo method; posterior distribution; simulation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RACE; SAMPLING; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; VIRAL LOAD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84857574922     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr433     Document Type: Article

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