On probability matching priors

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-622

  Staicu, Ana Maria ^a   Reid, Nancy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian inference; Laplace approximation; Orthogonal parameters; Probability matching prior; Tail probability approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149091897     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550360408     Document Type: Article

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