How many samples?: A Bayesian nonparametric approach

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-482

  Walker, Stephen G ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Exchangeability; Expected utility rule; Nonparametric prior; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348217850     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9884.2003.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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