runjags: An R package providing interface utilities, model templates, parallel computing methods and additional distributions for MCMC models in JAGS

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Denwood, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian; BUGS; Graphical models; Interface utilities; JAGS; MCMC; R

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982701522     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v071.i09     Document Type: Article

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