Bayesian inference for palaeoclimate with time uncertainty and stochastic volatility

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-138

  Parnell, Andrew C ^a   Sweeney, James ^a   Doan, Thinh K ^b   Salter Townshend, Michael ^c   Allen, Judy R M ^d   Huntley, Brian ^d   Haslett, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchical time series; Inverse Gaussian process; Modular Bayes; Normal ; Palaeoclimate reconstruction; Temporal uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940273671     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12065     Document Type: Article

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