Investigating nonparametric priors with Gibbs structure

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1653-1668

  Lijoi, Antonio ^a,d   Prünster, Igor ^b   Walker, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Generalized gamma process; Gibbs exchangeable partitions; Normalized random measures with independent increments; Recursive equation; Stable distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149085871     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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