Approximate Bayesian computational methods

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1167-1180

  Marin, Jean Michel ^a   Pudlo, Pierre ^a   Robert, Christian P ^b   Ryder, Robin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

ABC methodology; Bayesian model choice; Bayesian statistics; DIYABC; Likelihood free methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861108073     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-011-9288-2     Document Type: Article

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