Adaptive Bayesian Nonstationary Modeling for Large Spatial Datasets Using Covariance Approximations

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 802-829

  Konomi, Bledar A ^a   Sang, Huiyan ^b   Mallick, Bani K ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian treed Gaussian process; Full scale approximation; Kernel Convolution; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922990179     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2013.812872     Document Type: Article

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