A Bayesian Edgeworth expansion by Stein's identity

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-764

  Weng, Ruby C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Edgeworth expansion; Hermite polynomials; Laplace method; Marginal posterior distribution; Stein's identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551660602     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-BA526     Document Type: Article

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