Nonparametric Bayes factors based on empirical likelihood ratios

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 611-620

  Vexler, Albert ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Wilding, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Empirical likelihood; Likelihood ratio; Nonparametric testing; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869119940     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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