Practical robust estimators for the imprecise Dirichlet model

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-242

  Hutter, Marcus ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximate; Conservative; Credible interval estimates; Entropy; Exact; Imprecise Dirichlet model; Mutual information; Robust

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE; CONSERVATIVE; CREDIBLE INTERVAL ESTIMATES; EXACT; IMPRECISE DIRICHLET MODEL; MUTUAL INFORMATION; ROBUST;

ENTROPY;

EID: 59849089699     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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