A Full Bayesian Non-parametric Analysis Involving a Neutral to the Right Process

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 669-680

  Walker, Stephen ^a   Damien, Paul ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College ^*

Author keywords

Beta Stacy process; Gibbs sampler; Infinitely divisible law; Latent variables; L vy process; Neutral to the right process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032339701     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00128     Document Type: Article

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