Approximated inference for the quantile function via Dirichlet processes

Metron

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-222

  Conti, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bernstein von Mises theorem; Dirichlet process; Quantile function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891445066     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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