Sensitivity of Bayes estimators to hyper-parameters with an application to maximum yield from fisheries

Biometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 536-542

  Millar, Russell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayes estimator; Hyper parameters; Maximum sustainable yield; Population dynamics; Sensitivity; State space model; Tuna

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATE SPACE METHODS;

BAYES ESTIMATOR; BAYESIAN MODELLING; HYPER-PARAMETER; IS ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; SECOND DERIVATIVES; SENSITIVITY; STATE-SPACE MODELS; TUNA;

FISHERIES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FISHERY; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; MODELING;

BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; FISHERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPACE; SPECIES;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALALUNGA;

EID: 2942651147     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00201.x     Document Type: Review

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