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Evaluation of the Posterior distribution

The posterior distribution is given by Bayes theorem in the way described in Chapter gif:

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The constant of proportionality is

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The relationship between the tex2html_wrap_inline2855 and tex2html_wrap_inline2131 is complicated due to the nature of the dependency of tex2html_wrap_inline2887 on the tex2html_wrap_inline2725 . It is still possible to sample from the posterior distribution using the methods described in Chapter gif.



Cathal Walsh
Sat Jan 22 17:09:53 GMT 2000