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most citedNew frontiers in Bayesian modeling using the INLA package in R

14 citations · 23 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

stat.CO2023

INLA+ -- Approximate Bayesian inference for non-sparse models using HPC

Esmail Abdul-Fattah, Janet Van Niekerk, Haavard Rue

The integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA) method has become a widely utilized tool for researchers and practitioners seeking to perform approximate Bayesian inference acr…

stat.ME2023

Non-stationary Bayesian Spatial Model for Disease Mapping based on Sub-regions

Esmail Abdul Fattah, Elias Krainski, Janet van Niekerk +1

This paper aims to extend the Besag model, a widely used Bayesian spatial model in disease mapping, to a non-stationary spatial model for irregular lattice-type data. The goal is t…

stat.ME2022

An Extended Simplified Laplace strategy for Approximate Bayesian inference of Latent Gaussian Models using R-INLA

Cristian Chiuchiolo, Janet van Niekerk, Håvard Rue

Various computational challenges arise when applying Bayesian inference approaches to complex hierarchical models. Sampling-based inference methods, such as Markov Chain Monte Carl…

stat.ME2019

Competing risks joint models using R-INLA

Janet van Niekerk, Haakon Bakka, Haavard Rue

The methodological advancements made in the field of joint models are numerous. None the less, the case of competing risks joint models have largely been neglected, especially from…

stat.ME2019★ 14 cited

New frontiers in Bayesian modeling using the INLA package in R

Janet van Niekerk, Haakon Bakka, Haavard Rue +1

The INLA package provides a tool for computationally efficient Bayesian modeling and inference for various widely used models, more formally the class of latent Gaussian models. It…

stat.ME2019★ 8 cited

Joint models as latent Gaussian models - not reinventing the wheel

Janet Van Niekerk, Haakon Bakka, Haavard Rue

Joint models have received increasing attention during recent years with extensions into various directions; numerous hazard functions, different association structures, linear and…

math.ST2015★ 1 cited

Wishart Generator Distribution

A. Bekker, M. Arashi, J. van Niekerk

The Wishart distribution and its generalizations are among the most prominent probability distributions in multivariate statistical analysis, arising naturally in applied research…