Accession Number:

ADA459836

Title:

Easy Estimation of Normalizing Constants and Bayes Factors from Posterior Simulation: Stabilizing the Harmonic Mean Estimator

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Satagopan, Jaya M.
• Newton, Michael A.
• Raftery, Adrian E.

Report Date:

2000-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Descriptors:

• *BAYES THEOREM
• MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
• HARMONICS
• NORMALIZING(STATISTICS)
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• ESTIMATES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE