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Spatial MCMC

Spatial MCMC applies Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling to Bayesian models that explicitly account for spatial dependence among observations. It draws posterior samples from models such as conditional autoregressive (CAR), simultaneous autoregressive (SAR), or geostatistical (Gaussian process) models, yielding full uncertainty distributions for spatially structured parameters like random effects, regression coefficients, and spatial range.

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Sources

  1. Banerjee, S., Carlin, B. P., & Gelfand, A. E. (2015). Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1439819173
  2. Rue, H., & Held, L. (2005). Gaussian Markov Random Fields: Theory and Applications. CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1584884323

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ScholarGateSpatial MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Spatial Models). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/bayesian/spatial-mcmc