Imprecise dirichlet process with application to the hypothesis test on the probability that X ≤ y

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 658-684

  Benavoli, Alessio ^a   Mangili, Francesca ^a   Ruggeri, Fabrizio ^b   Zaffalon, Marco ^a  

^a DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

^b IMATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametric test; Imprecise Dirichlet process; Wilcoxon rank sum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929027704     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2014.985997     Document Type: Article

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