Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7495734 | Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology | 2018 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
In this note we discuss (Gaussian) intrinsic conditional autoregressive (CAR) models for disconnected graphs, with the aim of providing practical guidelines for how these models should be defined, scaled and implemented. We show how these suggestions can be implemented in two examples, on disease mapping.
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Authors
Anna Freni-Sterrantino, Massimo Ventrucci, HÃ¥vard Rue,