ISSN:
1435-8921
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
Abstract This paper is concerned with the Bayes estimation of an arbitrary multivariate density,f(x), x ∃ R k. Such anf(x) may be represented as a mixture of a given parametric family of densities {h (x¦θ)} with support inR k, whereθ (inR d) is chosen according to a mixing distributionG. We consider the semiparametric Bayes approach in whichG, in turn, is chosen according to a Dirichlet process prior with given parameterα. We then specialize these results whenf is expressed as a mixture of multivariate normal densitiesΦ (x¦Μ, λ) whereΜ is the mean vector and λ is the precision matrix. The results are finally applied to estimating a regression parameter.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01972449
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