Bayesian Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale, and Shape for Zero-Inflated and Overdispersed Count Data

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 509, 2015, Pages 405-419

  Klein, Nadja ^a   Kneib, Thomas ^a   Lang, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Iteratively weighted least squares; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Penalized splines; Zero inflated negative binomial; Zero inflated Poisson

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928252327     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2014.912955     Document Type: Article

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