Bayesian inference of survival probabilities, under stochastic ordering constraints

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 1101-1109

  Arjas, Elja ^a   Gasbarra, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hazard rate; Markov chain Monte Carlo integration; Predictive distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030327840     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1996.10476980     Document Type: Article

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