An alternative prior process for nonparametric Bayesian clustering

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 892-899

  Wallach, Hanna M ^a   Jensen, Shane T ^b   Dicker, Lee ^c   Heller, Katherine A ^d  

^a Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; DIRICHLET; DOCUMENT CLUSTERING; NON-PARAMETRIC BAYESIAN; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION-BASED;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84862292498     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: 15337928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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