A default Bayesian test for the number of components in a mixture

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-142

  Moreno, Elías ^a   Liseo, Brunero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Fractional prior; Improper prior; Intrinsic prior; Mixture model; Model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290163     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00294-X     Document Type: Article

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