2009, Volume 04, Number 02, pp. 191--412
This issue of Bayesian Analysis features
a discussion paper by
Guosheng Yin of the MD Anderson Cancer
Center, whose Division of
Quantitative Sciences has long been
recognized as a preeminent center
of Bayesian research, both in theory and
biomedical applications.
Dr. Yin develops a Bayesian generalized
method of moments (GMM)
method, intended to rival the very
popular generalized estimating
equations (GEE) methods in situations
where exact likelihood
calculations are difficult. The GMM
approach is critically evaluated
both in the paper and in the
accompanying discussions by Drs. Ming-Hui
Chen and Sungduk Kim of the University
of Connecticut, and Dr. Ciprian
Crainiceanu of Johns Hopkins University.
The June 2009 issue includes the
following articles:
* Bayesian Generalized Method of
Moments, by Guosheng Yin, pp. 191
- 208, posted online
2009-01-10, DOI:10.1214/09-BA407
o Comments on Article by Yin,
by Ming-Hui Chen and Sungduk
Kim, pp. 209 - 212, posted online
2009-05-26,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA407A
o Comments on Article by Yin,
by Ciprian M. Crainiceanu,
pp. 213 - 216, posted online
2009-05-26, DOI:10.1214/09-BA407B
o Rejoinder, by Guosheng Yin,
pp. 217 - 222, posted online
2009-05-26, DOI:10.1214/09-BA407REJ
* Some Bayesian Credibility
Premiums Obtained by Using Posterior
Regret Gamma-Minimax Methodology,
by E. Gomez-Deniz, pp. 223 -
242, posted online 2009-03-06,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA408
* Modal Clustering in a Class of
Product Partition Models, by
David B. Dahl, pp. 243 - 264,
posted online 2009-03-20,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA409
* A grade of membership model for
rank data, by Isobel C. Gormley
and Thomas B. Murphy, pp. 265 -
296, posted online 2009-03-20,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA410
* Spatial Mixture Modelling for
Unobserved Point Processes:
Examples in Immunofluorescence
Histology, by Chunlin Ji, Daniel
Merl, Thomas B. Kepler and Mike
West, pp. 297 - 316, posted online
2009-04-20, DOI:10.1214/09-BA411
* ABC likelihood-free methods for
model choice in Gibbs random
fields, by A. Grelaud, C. P.
Robert, J-M Marin, F. Rodolphe and
J-F Taly, pp. 317 - 336, posted
online 2009-04-17,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA412
* Inference in incidence,
infection, and impact: Co-infection of
multiple hosts by multiple
pathogens, by James S. Clark and
Michelle H. Hersh, pp. 337 - 366,
posted online 2009-05-05,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA413
* Improved Criteria for Clustering
Based on the Posterior
Similarity Matrix, by Arno Fritsch
and Katja Ickstadt, pp. 367 -
392, posted online 2009-05-18,
DOI:10.1214/09-BA414
* A Dynamic Modelling Strategy for
Bayesian Computer Model
Emulation, by Fei Liu and Mike
West, pp. 393 - 412, posted online
2009-03-12, DOI:10.1214/09-BA415
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