Computing Bayes Factors by Combining Simulation and Asymptotic Approximations

DOI10.2307/2965554zbMATH Open1050.62520OpenAlexW4256160900MaRDI QIDQ4366181FDOQ4366181

Authors: Robert E. Kass, Thomas J. Diciccio, Adrian E. Raftery, Larry Wasserman 

Publication date: 1997

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2965554

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zbMATH Keywords

Bartlett correctionLaplace methodModel selectionMonte Carlo.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15)

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