The expected demise of the Bayes factor

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-37

  Robert, Christian P ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CREST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Bayesian inference; Consistency; Decision theory; Evidence; Loss function; Mixtures of distributions; Testing of hypotheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940776975     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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