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Particle Metropolis-adjusted Langevin algorithms. / Nemeth, Christopher; Sherlock, Christopher; Fearnhead, Paul.
In: Biometrika, Vol. 103, No. 3, 09.2016, p. 701-717.

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Nemeth C, Sherlock C, Fearnhead P. Particle Metropolis-adjusted Langevin algorithms. Biometrika. 2016 Sept;103(3):701-717. Epub 2016 Aug 24. doi: 10.1093/biomet/asw020

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