Bayesian Nonparametric Approach to Credibility Modelling

Annals of Actuarial Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-114

  Gangopadhyay, A ^a   Gau, W C ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Loss Models; Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Thin Plate Spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020622048     PISSN: 17484995     EISSN: 17485002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1748499500000270     Document Type: Article

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