EasyABC: Performing efficient approximate Bayesian computation sampling schemes using R

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 684-687

  Jabot, Franck ^a   Faure, Thierry ^a   Dumoulin, Nicolas ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Model selection; Model based inference; Parameter estimation; Sequential Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879738527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12050     Document Type: Article

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