Approximation of laws of random probabilities by mixtures of dirichlet distributions with applications to nonparametric bayesian inference

Theory of Probability and its Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-110

  Regazzini, E ^a,b   Sazonov, V V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Approximation of priors and posteriors; Dirichlet distributions; Dirichlet processes; Elicitation of prior beliefs; L vy metric; Prokhorov metric; Random measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034747570     PISSN: 0040585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0040585X97978063     Document Type: Article

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