Bayesian likelihood methods for estimating the end point of a distribution

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 717-729

  Hall, Peter ^a   Wang, Julian Z ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non regular problems; Prior; Shape parameter; Spacings

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044435373     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2005.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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