Bayesian heavy-tailed models and conflict resolution: A review

Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-401

  O'Hagan, Anthony ^a   Pericchi, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Built in robustness; Heavy tailed modelling; Outliers; Partial rejection of information; Rejection of information; Theory of conflict resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869769018     PISSN: 01030752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-BJPS164     Document Type: Review

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