Bayesian demography 250 years after Bayes

Population Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-19

  Bijak, Jakub ^a   Bryant, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Statistics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian demography; Bayesian statistics; demographic methodology; population estimates and forecasts; statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84959062190     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2015.1122826     Document Type: Review

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