Bayesian consistency for Markov processes

Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-239

  Ghosal, Subhashis ^a   Tang, Yongqiang ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov process; Martingale; Posterior consistency; Transition density

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751528299     PISSN: 09727671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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