Posterior analysis for some classes of nonparametric models

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Lijoi, Antonio ^a,b   Prunster, Igor ^c   Walker, S G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Completely random measure; Hazard rate; Multiplicative intensity model; Neutral to the right prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549099391     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250802196364     Document Type: Article

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