Defining predictive probability functions for species sampling models

Statistical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-222

  Lee, Jaeyong ^a   Quintana, Fernando A ^b   Müller, Peter ^c   Trippa, Lorenzo ^d,e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchangeable partition probability functions; Prediction probability functions; Species sampling prior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878613484     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-STS407     Document Type: Article

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