Bayesian inference in the semiparametric log normal frailty model using Gibbs sampling.docVIP

Bayesian inference Inge Riis Korsgaard* Institute of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, (Received 16 October 1997; accepted 23 April 1998) Abstract - In this paper, a full Bayesian analysis is carried out in a semiparametric log normal frailty model for survival data using Gibbs sampling. The full conditional posterior distributions describing the Gibbs sampler are either known distributions or shown to be log concave, so that adaptive rejection sampling can be used. Using data augmentation, marginal posterior distributions of breeding values of animals with and without reco