A note on convergence rates for posterior distributions via large deviations techniques

DOI10.1007/s00362-008-0180-xzbMath1247.60035MaRDI QIDQ451400

Stephen G. Walker, Andrea Martinelli, Matteo Ruggiero

Publication date: 23 September 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00362-008-0180-x

zbMATH Keywords

convergence rates; large deviations; posterior distribution; moderate deviations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62G20: Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference

62C10: Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures

60F10: Large deviations

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