Convergence rates for bayesian density estimation of infinite-dimensional exponential families

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2897-2920

  Scricciolo, Catia ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian adaptive density estimation; Infinite dimensional exponential family; Posterior distribution; Rate of convergence; Sieve prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547243228     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053606000000911     Document Type: Article

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