Bayes linear statistics: Theory and methods

Bayes Linear Statistics: Theory and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-508

  Goldstein, Michael ^a   Wooff, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYES LINEAR ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN METHODOLOGY; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL MODELLING; THEORY AND METHODS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

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EID: 84948976195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470065662     Document Type: Book

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