Bayesian inference with rescaled gaussian process priors

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 433-448

  Van Der Vaart, Aad ^a   Van Zanten, Harry ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Classification; Gaussian process priors; Non parametric density estimation; Nonparametric regression; Rate of convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849114792     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-EJS098     Document Type: Article

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