Variational approximations in Bayesian model selection

The research presented in this thesis is on the topic of the Bayesian approach to statistical inference. In particular it focuses on the analysis of mixture models. Mixture models are a useful tool for representing complex data and are widely applied in many areas of statistics (see, for example, Ti...

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Main Author: McGrory, Clare Anne
Published: University of Glasgow 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425251