Bergm: Bayesian exponential random graphs in R

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Caimo, Alberto ^a   Friel, Nial ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Bayesian model selection; Exponential random graph models; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908241642     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v061.i02     Document Type: Article

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