Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the probability of discovering new species

Biometrika

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 769-786

  Lijoi, Antonio ^a   Mena, Ramsés H ^b   Prünster, Igor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Gibbs type random partition; Posterior probability of discovering a new species; Sample coverage; Species sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549060381     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asm061     Document Type: Article

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