Linear and quadratic functionals of random hazard rates: An asymptotic analysis

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1910-1943

  Peccati, Giovanni ^a   Prünster, Igor ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Bayesian nonparametrics; Central limit theorem; Completely random measure; Multiple Wiener It integral; Path variance; Random hazard rate; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049102708     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AAP509     Document Type: Article

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