Monitoring Murder Crime in Namibia Using Bayesian Space-Time Models

This paper focuses on the analysis of murder in Namibia using Bayesian spatial smoothing approach with temporal trends. The analysis was based on the reported cases from 13 regions of Namibia for the period 2002–2006 complemented with regional population sizes. The evaluated random effects include s...

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Main Authors: Isak Neema, Dankmar Böhning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Probability and Statistics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/194018