Bayesian nonparametric inference of stochastically ordered distributions, with Pólya trees and Bernstein polynomials

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 907-913

  Karabatsos, George ^a   Walker, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Bernstein polynomial prior; Polya tree prior; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047261449     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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