Bayesian parameter estimation for latent markov random fields and social networks

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 940-960

  Everitt, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian computation; Exponential random graphs; Graphical models; Intractable normalizing constants; Particle Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889241685     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2012.687493     Document Type: Article

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