Bayesian inverse problems with Gaussian priors

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2626-2657

  Knapik, B T ^a   Van Der Vaart, A W ^a   Van Zanten, J H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Credible set; Gaussian prior; Posterior distribution; Rate of contraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876519489     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AOS920     Document Type: Article

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