A tutorial on approximate Bayesian computation

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-85

  Turner, Brandon M ^a   Van Zandt, Trisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Bayesian estimation; Population Monte Carlo; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858767588     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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