A monte carlo implementation of the em algorithm and the poor man’s data augmentation algorithms

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 85, Issue 411, 1990, Pages 699-704

  Wei, Greg C G ^a   Tanner, Martin A ^b  

^a Marion Merrell Dow   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Multiple imputation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950432017     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1990.10474930     Document Type: Article

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