A case for robust bayesian priors with applications to clinical trials

Bayesian Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-846

  Fúquene, Jairo A ^a   Cook, John D ^b   Pericchi, Luis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Berger's prior; Clinical trials; Exponential family; Intrinsic prior; Parametric robust priors; Polynomial tails comparison theorem; Robust priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951773614     PISSN: 19360975     EISSN: 19316690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-BA431     Document Type: Article

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