Nested sampling for general Bayesian computation

作者: John Skilling

DOI: 10.1214/06-BA127

关键词: StatisticsAlgorithmNested sampling algorithmExpectation–maximization algorithmLikelihood functionLikelihood principleRestricted maximum likelihoodMathematicsMarginal likelihoodLikelihood-ratio testBayesian information criterion

摘要: … Nested sampling estimates directly how the likelihood … Samples from the posterior distribution are an optional byproduct, obtainable for any temperature. The method relies on sampling …

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