Aspects of Uncertainty
A Tribute to D.V.Lindley
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 27. May 1994
Book
Hardback
412 pages
978-0-471-94347-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains a series of essays and research papers on Bayesian statistics and decision theory.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrationssome col.), ports.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-94347-1 (9780471943471)
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Content
Dennis Lindley: The First 70 Years; The Operational Bayesian Approach; Pivotal Inference Illustrated on the Darwin Maize Data; Bayes Theory in Latent Variable Modelling; Bayesian Sampling Schemes for Auditors; Optimal Prediction with Hierarchical Models: Bayesian Clustering; Inference for a Covariance Matrix; The Role of Statistical Theory in Decision Aiding; The Signature as a Covariate in Reliability and Biometry; Residual Analysis and Outliers in Hierarchical Models; The Island Problem: Coherent Use of Identification Evidence; Utility: Probability's Younger Twin?; Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis for Exponential Families Via Markov Chains; Revising Exchangeable Beliefs: Subjectivist Foundations for the Inductive Argument; On Steinian Shrinkage Estimators; The Finite/Infinite Problem and Formalism in Probability and Statistics; Bayesian Decision Theory and the Legal Structure; Experimental Design From a Subjective Utilitarian Viewpoint; The Bayesian Analysis of Categorical Data: A Selective Review; Conflicting Information and a Class of Bivariate Heavy-Tailed Distributions; Application of Lindley Information to the Design of Clinical Experiments; On Two Classic Theorems Involving the Characteristic Function; Hierarchical Priors and Mixture Models with Applications in Regression and Density Estimation.