Bayesian nonparametric analysis for a generalized Dirichlet process prior

Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-309

  Lijoi, Antonio ^a   Mena, Ramsés H ^b   Prünster, Igor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c ICER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametric inference; Dirichlet process; Generalized gamma convolutions; Lauricella hypergeometric functions; Means of random probability measures; Predictive distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344458924     PISSN: 13870874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11203-005-6071-z     Document Type: Article

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