Bayesian nonparametric inference for unimodal skew-symmetric distributions

DOI10.1007/s00362-011-0385-2zbMath1254.62067MaRDI QIDQ1928359

A. Ghalamfarsa Mostofi, Mahmood Kharrati-Kopaei

Publication date: 3 January 2013

Published in: Statistical Papers (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-011-0385-2

zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet process; Gibbs sampler; skewness; unimodal density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62F15: Bayesian inference

62G99: Nonparametric inference

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