The mode oriented stochastic search (MOSS) algorithm for log-linear models with conjugate priors

DOI10.1016/j.stamet.2009.04.002zbMath1291.62066OpenAlexW2155003641MaRDI QIDQ537428

Adrian Dobra, Hélène Massam

Publication date: 20 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.146.2510

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian analysismodel selectionMarkov chain Monte Carlocontingency tablestochastic searchhierarchical log-linear model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Numerical analysis or methods applied to Markov chains (65C40) Contingency tables (62H17)

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Uses Software

• SSS
• BayesDA
• HdBCS

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