Bayesian analysis of measurement error models using integrated nested Laplace approximations

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

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-252

  Muff, Stefanie ^a   Riebler, Andrea ^b   Held, Leonhard ^a   Rue, Håvard ^b   Saner, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Berkson error; Classical error; Integrated nested Laplace approximation; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940283090     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12069     Document Type: Article

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