Approximate Bayesian computation for forward modeling in cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2015, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Akeret, Joël ^a   Refregier, Alexandre ^a   Amara, Adam ^a   Seehars, Sebastian ^a   Hasner, Caspar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cosmological simulations; non gaussianity; weak gravitational lensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940855706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/043     Document Type: Article

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