Nonparametric estimation of convex models via mixtures

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 174-200

  Hoff, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Choquet's theorem; Convex constraints; Nonparametric estimation; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844562509     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1046294461     Document Type: Review

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