Implementing matching priors for frequentist inference

Biometrika

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Levine, Richard A ^a   Casella, George ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Confidence set; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Nuisance parameter; Partial differential equation; Posterior probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843094751     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/90.1.127     Document Type: Article

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