Integrable expansions for posterior distributions for multiparameter exponential families with applications to sequential confidence levels

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 693-713

  Weng, Ruby C ^a   Woodroofe, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Multiparameter exponential family; Sequential confidence levels; Stein's Identity; Very weak expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034396923     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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