A simulation-based method for model evaluation

Statistical Modeling

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Allcroft, David J ^a   Glasbey, Chris A ^a  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

binary time series; hidden Markov model; latent Gaussian model; Mahalanobis distance; model comparison; semi Markov model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734784     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1471082X03st044oa     Document Type: Article

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