Comparing normal random samples, with uncertainty about the priors and utilities

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 729-742

  Longford, Nicholas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Equilibrium priors; Expected loss; Normal inverse Gamma prior; Plausible priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867540415     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2011.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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