Bayesian inference for rare errors in populations with unequal unit sizes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 577-590

  Laws, David J ^a   O'Hagan, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Bayesian inference; Dirichlet process; Nonparametric modelling; Rare errors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354346     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00213     Document Type: Article

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