Bayesian analysis of change-point hazard rate problem

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-533

  Ghosh, Sujit K ^a   Ebrahimi, Nader ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Gibbs sampling; Hazard rates; Posterior inference; Weibull models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008810806     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2008.10411892     Document Type: Article

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