Bayesian inference procedures derived via the concept of relative surprise

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1125-1143

  Evans, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian hypothesis testing; Change of variable problem; Cross validation; Model checking; Observed relative surprise; Principle of least relative surprise

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN HYPOTHESIS TESTING; BAYESIAN MODEL CHECKING CONTEXT;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031387276     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929708831972     Document Type: Article

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