A semiparametric Bernstein-von Mises theorem for Gaussian process priors

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-99

  Castillo, Ismaël ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian non and semiparametrics; Bernstein von Mises Theorems; Cox's proportional hazards model; Estimation of the center of symmetry; Gaussian process priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855686993     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-010-0316-5     Document Type: Article

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