A Bayesian interpretation of the multivariate skew-normal distribution

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-401

  Liseo, Brunero ^a   Loperfido, Nicola ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Gaussian models; Prior constraints; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037441768     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(02)00398-X     Document Type: Article

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