On perfect simulation and EM estimation

Perfect simulation  and the EM algorithm are the main topics in this thesis. In paper I, we present coupling from the past (CFTP) algorithms that generate perfectly distributed samples from the multi-type Widom--Rowlin-son (W--R) model and some generalizations of it. The classical W--R model is a po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Larson, Kajsa
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik 2010
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-33779
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