Markov chains for exploring posterior distributions. (With discussion)

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Publication:1896235


DOI10.1214/aos/1176325750zbMath0829.62080MaRDI QIDQ1896235

Luke Tierney

Publication date: 24 January 1996

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176325750


62M05: Markov processes: estimation; hidden Markov models

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

60J05: Discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces

60J27: Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces


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