Computation of maximum entropy Dirichlet for modeling lifetime data

DOI10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00090-0zbMath1023.62104OpenAlexW2009041100MaRDI QIDQ1566647

Thomas A. Mazzuchi, Refik Soyer, Ehsan S. Soofi

Publication date: 4 June 2000

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-9473(99)00090-0

zbMATH Keywords

Kullback-Leibler informationnonparametric Bayesreliability models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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