Extended Bernstein prior via reinforced urn processes

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-496

  Trippa, Lorenzo ^a   Bulla, Paolo ^a   Petrone, Sonia ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametrics; Bernstein polynomials; Polya urn schemes

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS; BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIAL; DIRICHLET MIXTURE; NON-PARAMETRIC BAYESIAN; POLYA URN SCHEMES; PREDICTIVE DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 79960092677     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: 15729052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10463-009-0227-3     Document Type: Article

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