Objective Bayesian point and region estimation in location-scale models

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-32

  Bernardo, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Credible regions; Decision theory; Intrinsic discrepancy; Intrinsic loss; Location Scale models; Noninformative prior; Point estimation; Reference analysis; Region estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547246931     PISSN: 16962281     EISSN: 20138830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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