Reparameterisation issues in mixture modelling and their bearing on MCMC algorithms.

DOI10.1016/S0167-9473(98)00058-9zbMath1042.62527OpenAlexW2147008076WikidataQ56994725 ScholiaQ56994725MaRDI QIDQ1277694

Kerrie L. Mengersen, Christian P. Robert Robert

Publication date: 2 March 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-9473(98)00058-9

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian inferenceGibbs samplingNormal distributionIdentifiabilityConvergence of Markov chainsNon-informative prior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains (65C40)

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