In this paper, we describe the hierarchical data model (HDM), which is a performance efficient alternative to the traditional flat CDC verification flow. The HDM is equivalent to an abstract CDC model ...

William A. Link, John R. Sauer, Daniel K. Niven, A Hierarchical Model for Regional Analysis of Population Change Using Christmas Bird Count Data, with Application to the American Black Duck, The ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), Vol. 169, No. 1 (2006), pp. 97-114 (18 pages) The paper investigates a Bayesian hierarchical model for the analysis of ...