Bernstein-von mises theorems for Gaussian regression with increasing number of regressors

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2557-2584

  Bontemps, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive estimation; Bernstein von Mises theorem; Nonparametric Bayesian statistics; Posterior asymptotic normality; Semiparametric Bayesian statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655181330     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AOS912     Document Type: Article

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