Posts Tagged ‘Markov chain Monte Carlo’

Model-based Clustering for Longitudinal Data

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Title: Model-based Clustering for Longitudinal Data

Author: De la Cruz-Mesia, R; Quintanab, FA; Marshall, G 

Source: COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS, vol.52, no.3, pp.1441-1457, 2008

Keywords: EM algorithm; Cluster analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Mixture model; Non-linear models; Random effects

 

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Bayes Factors

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Title: Bayes Factors

Author: KASS, RE; RAFTERY, AE

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.90, no.430, pp.773-795, 1995

Keywords: BAYESIAN HYPOTHESIS TESTS; BIC; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LAPLACE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MODEL SELECTION; MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION; POSTERIOR MODEL PROBABILITIES; POSTERIOR ODDS; QUADRATURE; SCHWARZ CRITERION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE

 

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The EM algorithm - An Old Folk-Song Sung to a Fast New Tune

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Title: The EM algorithm - An Old Folk-Song Sung to a Fast New Tune

Author: Meng, XL; vanDyk, D

Source: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-METHODOLOGICAL, vol.59, no.3, pp.511-540, 1997

Keywords:  data augmentation; expectation conditional maximization algorithm; expectation conditional maximization either algorithm; Gibbs sampler; incomplete data; Markov chain Monte Carlo method; missing data; model reduction; multivariate t-distributions; Poisson model; positron emission tomography; rate of convergence; sage algorithm

 

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