Consistency of Bernstein polynomial posteriors

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

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-100

  Petrone, Sonia ^a   Wasserman, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic inference; Bayesian inference; Nonparametrics; Sieve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003375     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00326     Document Type: Article

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