A predictive approach to the Bayesian design problem with application to normal regression models

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-125

  Eaton, Morris L ^a   Giovagnoli, Alessandra ^b   Sebastiani, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian optimal design; Decision theory; Fair Bayes loss function; Normal theory; Prediction; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009279903     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.1.111     Document Type: Article

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