Bayesian analysis of circular data using wrapped distributions

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-561

  Ravindran, Palanikumar ^a   Ghosh, Sujit K ^b  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Wrapped Cauchy; Wrapped Double Exponential; Wrapped Normal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860824952     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2011.10483731     Document Type: Article

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