Estimation and extrapolation of time trends in registry data-Borrowing strength from related populations

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 304-333

  Riebler, Andrea ^a   Held, Leonhard ^a   Rue, Håvard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; INLA; Multivariate age period cohort model; Projections; Uniform correlation matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870264995     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AOAS498     Document Type: Article

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