Bayesian Methodology for Missing Data, Model Selection and Hierarchical Spatial Models with Application to Ecological Data

Ecological data is often fraught with many problems such as Missing Data and Spatial Correlation. In this dissertation we use a data set collected by the Ohio EPA as motivation for studying techniques to address these problems. The data set is concerned with the benthic health of Ohio's water...

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Main Author: Boone, Edward L.
Other Authors: Statistics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26141
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02072003-143850/