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DEFINITION
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A formal statistical approach in which expert knowledge or beliefs are analyzed together with data. Bayesian methods make explicit use of probability for quantifying uncertainty. Bayesian methods are particularly useful for making decision analyses. |
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Gelman, A., J.B. Carlin, H.S. Stern, and D.B. Rubin. 1995. Bayesian data analysis. Chapman and Hall, London. 526p.; Porch C.E. 1999a. A Bayesian VPA with randomly walking parameters. ICCAT SCRS/98/064.; Walters, C.J., and D. Ludwig. 1994. Calculation of Bayes posterior probability distributions for key population parameters. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.,51: 713-722.
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