Moments for the canonical parameter of an exponential family under a conjugate distribution

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 727-732

  Gutierrez Pena E ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Conjugate analysis; Cumulant transform; Simple quadratic variance function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007226804     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.3.727     Document Type: Article

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