Bayesian estimation of complicated distributions

Structural Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-95

  Zong, Z ^a   Lam, K Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Complicated distribution; Entropy analysis; Small sample; Smooth prior

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; COMPLICATED DISTRIBUTIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033903977     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(99)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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