Laplace approximations to means and variances with asymptotic modes

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-392

  Miyata, Yoichi ^a  

^a TAKASAKI CITY UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Bayesian inference; Laplace's method; MGF methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350377804     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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