An inverse of Sanov's theorem

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Ganesh, Ayalvadi ^a   O'Connell, Neil ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes asymptotics; Large deviations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033116403     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(98)00215-6     Document Type: Article

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