The multivariate beta process and an extension of the Polya tree model

Biometrika

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-34

  Trippa, Lorenzo ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Johnson, Wesley ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependent random probability measures; Multivariate beta process; Polya tree distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952135833     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq072     Document Type: Article

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