Global estimation of child mortality using a Bayesian B-spline bias-reduction model

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2122-2149

  Alkema, Leontine ^a   New, Jin Rou ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Logarithmic pooling; Millennium development goal 4; Penalized B spline regression model; Under five mortality rate; United nations interagency group for child mortality estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919448189     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/14-AOAS768     Document Type: Article

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