An efficient MCMC algorithm to sample binary matrices with fixed marginals

DOI10.1007/s11336-008-9062-3zbMath1284.62757MaRDI QIDQ998842

Norman D. Verhelst

Publication date: 30 January 2009

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-008-9062-3

zbMATH Keywords

importance sampling; social networks; MCMC; Rasch model; nonparametric tests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62G10: Nonparametric hypothesis testing

91D30: Social networks; opinion dynamics

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

62P15: Applications of statistics to psychology

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Uses Software

• T-Rasch

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