Finite adaptation and multistep moves in the metropolis-hastings algorithm for variable selection in genome-wide association analysis.

High-dimensional datasets with large amounts of redundant information are nowadays available for hypothesis-free exploration of scientific questions. A particular case is genome-wide association analysis, where variations in the genome are searched for effects on disease or other traits. Bayesian va...

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Main Authors: Tomi Peltola, Pekka Marttinen, Aki Vehtari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499564?pdf=render