Relevant statistics for Bayesian model choice

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 833-859

  Marin, Jean Michel ^a   Pillai, Natesh S ^b   Robert, Christian P ^c,d,e   Rousseau, Judith ^c,f,g  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre de Recerch en Economie et Statistique   (France)

^f Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique   (France)

^g Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique   (France)

Author keywords

Ancillarity; Approximate Bayesian computation; Asymptotics; Bayes factor; Bayesian model choice; Gaussianity; Likelihood free methods; Sufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908574158     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12056     Document Type: Article

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