Neutral-to-the-right species sampling mixture models

Advances In Statistical Modeling And Inference: Essays In Honor Of Kjell A Doksum

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 425-439

  James, Lancelot F ^a  

^a Department of Information and Systems Management ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese restaurant process; Dirichlet process; L vy process; Neutral to the right process; Species sampling model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547825176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812708298_0021     Document Type: Chapter

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