Nonparametric Bayesian data analysis

Statistical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-110

  Müller, Peter ^a   Quintana, Fernando A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Dirichlet process; P lya tree; Random probability model (RPM); Regression; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043092820     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342304000000017     Document Type: Review

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