On Bayesian consistency

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 811-821

  Walker, Stephen ^a   Hjort, Nils Lid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Bayes nonparametrics; Bayesian sieve; Consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540922     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00314     Document Type: Article

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