Nonparametric Bayes classification and hypothesis testing on manifolds

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-19

  Bhattacharya, Abhishek ^a   Dunson, David ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Classification; Dirichlet process mixture; Flexible prior; Hypothesis testing; Non Euclidean manifold; Nonparametric Bayes; Posterior consistency; Spherical data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862247721     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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