Bayesian analysis of multistate event history data: Beta-Dirichlet process prior

Biometrika

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-140

  Kim, Yongdai ^a   James, Lancelot ^b   Weissbach, Rafael ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Beta Dirichlet process; Markov process; Multistate event history data; Semiparametric regression model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863242156     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asr067     Document Type: Article

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