On the Brittleness of Bayesian Inference

DOI10.1137/130938633zbMath1341.62094arXiv1308.6306OpenAlexW3101417746MaRDI QIDQ2808261

Clint Scovel, Houman Owhadi, Tim Sullivan

Publication date: 20 May 2016

Published in: SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6306

zbMATH Keywords

robustnessBayesian inferencemisspecificationuncertainty quantificationoptimal uncertainty quantificationBayesian sensitivity analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric robustness (62G35) Bayesian inference (62F15)

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Uses Software

• BayesDA

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