MCMC model determination for discrete graphical models

DOI10.1191/1471082X04st063oazbMath1111.62025MaRDI QIDQ3430000

Claudia Tarantola

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Published in: Statistical Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain Monte CarloDirichlet distributionBayesian model selectioncontingency tablesjunction treedichotomous variableshyper-Markov distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Applications of graph theory (05C90) Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains (65C40)

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Uses Software

• Fahrmeir

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