A family of densities derived from the three-parameter Dirichlet process

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 764-774

  Carlton, Matthew A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density function; Dirichlet process; Random measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037003866     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1037816017     Document Type: Article

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