Learn-merge invariance of priors: A characterization of the Dirichlet distributions and processes

DOI10.1016/0047-259X(86)90060-6zbMath0585.62003MaRDI QIDQ1070681

B. George

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

inductive learning; prior distributions; R. Carnap; Bayesian learning model; Dirichlet distributions and processes; Learn-merge invariance; principle of natural conjugate priors; symmetric measures; W. E. Johnson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62A01: Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

03B99: General logic

62G99: Nonparametric inference