Reference priors for exponential families

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-54

  Gutierrez Pena E ^a   Rueda, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Affine dual foliations; Bayesian inference; Cut; Natural exponential family; Quadratic variance function; Reference prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242672447     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(01)00281-6     Document Type: Article

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