Modeling sea-level change using errors-in-variables integrated gaussian processes

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 547-571

  Cahill, Niamh ^a   Kemp, Andrew C ^b   Horton, Benjamin P ^c,d   Parnell, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Errors in variables; Integrated gaussian processes; Proxy reconstruction; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931279448     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/15-AOAS824     Document Type: Article

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