作者:NEWTON, MA; RAFTERY, AE
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要:We introduce the weighted likelihood bootstrap (WLB) as a way to simulate approximately from a posterior distribution. This method is often easy to implement, requiring only an algorithm for calculating the maximum likelihood estimator, such as iteratively reweighted least squares. In the generic weighting scheme, the WLB is first order correct under quite general conditions. Inaccuracies can be removed by using the WLB as a source of samples in the sampling-importance resampling (SIR) algorit...
作者:CONSTANTINE, AG; HALL, P
作者单位:Australian National University
摘要:The fractal dimension D of stationary Gaussian surfaces may be expressed very simply in terms of behaviour of the covariance function near the origin. Indeed, only the covariance of line transect samples is required, and that fact makes practical estimation of D relatively straightforward. The case of non-Gaussian surfaces is more poorly understood, but we might define 'effective fractal dimension' in terms of the covariance function, as though the surface were Gaussian. In the present paper w...