Modeling individual differences using Dirichlet processes

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-122

  Navarro, Daniel J ^a   Griffiths, Thomas L ^b   Steyvers, Mark ^c   Lee, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Dirichlet processes; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645029342     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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