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- 2011
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- book-chapter
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- 3-48
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- 238
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Charles J. Geyer
(2011).
Introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo.
Handbook of Markov Chain Monte Carlo
, 3-48.
https://doi.org/10.1201/b10905-2
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- 10.1201/b10905-2