Bayesian nonparametric inference for random distributions and related functions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-527

  Walker, Stephen G ^a   Damien, Paul ^b   Laud, Purushottam W ^c   Smith, Adrian F M ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dirichlet process; Exchangeability; L vy process; Neutral to the right process; P lya tree; Survival model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001541832     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00190     Document Type: Article

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