Small area estimation using skew normal models

DOI10.1016/J.CSDA.2011.07.005MaRDI QIDQ1927070zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. R. S. Ferraz, Fernando Antonio Da Silva Moura

Publication date 30 December 2012

Published in Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2011.07.005

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian inferenceMCMChierarchical models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15)

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