from the fact that only a fraction of the models are sold in consecutive sampling periods and that the price … index increases with the sampling frequency. This result suggests that models that last for only a brief time are models for … which the price/performance ratio has deteriorated very rapidly. Thus, increasing the sampling frequency actually increases …

This paper develops a systematic Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) framework based upon Efficient Importance Sampling … solution. EIS is a simple, generic and yet accurate Monte-Carlo integration procedure based on sampling densities which are … MCMC components such as auxiliary sampling densities, normalizing constants and starting values. The potential of this …