Beta-stacy processes and a generalization of the polya-urn scheme

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1762-1780

  Walker, Stephen ^a   Muliere, Pietro ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Beta Stacy process; Dirichlet process; Generalized Dirichlet distribution; Generalized P lya urn scheme; L vy process; Neutral to the right process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031508902     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1031594741     Document Type: Article

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