Laplace approximations for hypergeometric functions with matrix argument

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1155-1177

  Butler, Ronald W ^a   Wood, Andrew T A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confluent hypergeometric function; Gauss hypergeometric function; Laplace approximation; Likelihood ratio test; Matrix argument hypergeometric function; Saddlepoint approximation; Sequential saddlepoint approximation; Wilks'

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036389689     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1031689021     Document Type: Article

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