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Small sets and Markov transition densities [PDF]

, 2002
The theory of general state-space Markov chains can be strongly related to the case of discrete state-space by use of the notion of small sets and associated minorization conditions. The general theory shows that small sets exist for all Markov chains on
Montana, Giovanni, Kendall, Wilfrid S., Kendall, W. S.   +2 more
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Molecular methods for differentiating Phragmites australis subspecies and identification of hybrid stands in the Upper Midwestern United States

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise In North America, Phragmites australis (common reed) has drawn a great deal of research attention. Non‐native P. australis subsp. australis is a noxious weed that has locally displaced native P. australis subsp. americanus in some areas.
Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel J. Larkin, Julia Bohnen, Douglas L. Wendell, Neil O. Anderson, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Marie Abbey, Alan G. Smith, Andrzej K. Noyszewski   +8 more
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Bandwidth Selection for Multivariate Kernel Density Estimation Using MCMC [PDF]

We provide Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms for computing the bandwidth matrix for multivariate kernel density estimation. Our approach is based on treating the elements of the bandwidth matrix as parameters to be estimated, which we do by ...
Rob J. Hyndman, Maxwell L. King, Xibin Zhang   +2 more
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An ontological morphological phylogenetic framework for living and extinct ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The ray‐finned fishes include one out of every two species of living vertebrates on Earth and have an abundant fossil record stretching 380 million years into the past. The division of systematic knowledge of ray‐finned fishes between paleontologists working on extinct animals and neontologists studying extant species has obscured the ...
Jack Stack
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling the purchase dynamics of insurance customers using Markov chains

, 2005
This paper considers how various types of Markov chains can be used to help forecast the purchase behaviour of customers. The models are used in a case study of the purchase behaviour of the customers of a major insurance company.
Thomas, Lyn C., Thomas, Stephen, Bozzetto, Jean-Francois, Tang, Leilei   +3 more
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Measurement, dynamic evolution and pollution emission effects of the coupling of green finance and digital technology-evidence from China

Frontiers in Environmental Science
This study uses the game theory combination weighting method to measure the level of coordinated development of green finance and digital technology coupling in China.
Ke Liu, Ran Du, Bo Xu, Jiaxin He, Zhaoping Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Technology [PDF]

In the past fifteen years computational statistics has been enriched by a powerful, somewhat abstract method of generating variates from a target probability distribution that is based on Markov chains whose stationary distribution is the probability ...
Chib, Siddhartha
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Early evolution of the gular musculature and its innervation in ray‐finned fishes

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Gular muscles are an important but often overlooked component of cranial anatomy in bony fishes. They are located on the ventral surface of the head and are derived from the mandibular and hyoid arches. We present a comprehensive review of the gular musculature and its innervation across early diverging actinopterygian lineages. By integrating
Aléssio Datovo, Paulo Presti, George Vita, Murilo N. L. Pastana, Luiz A. W. Peixoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary morphology of the haplorhine hamate

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Primates adopt a variety of hand postures during an impressive diversity of locomotor and manipulative behaviors. Morphological research has found that elements of the hand skeleton, such as the hamate, hold key information for inferring hand use and locomotor kinematics in extinct species.
Laura E. Hunter, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caley M. Orr, Biren A. Patel, Zeresenay Alemseged   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining multiple imperfect data sources for small area estimation: a Bayesian model of provincial fertility rates in Cambodia

Statistical Theory and Related Fields, 2019
Demographic estimation becomes a problem of small area estimation when detailed disaggregation leads to small cell counts. The usual difficulties of small area estimation are compounded when the available data sources contain measurement errors.
Junni L. Zhang, John Bryant
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