Laplace's 1774 memoir on inverse probability

DOI10.1214/ss/1177013620zbMath0618.62002OpenAlexW1975408228WikidataQ56083817 ScholiaQ56083817MaRDI QIDQ5916440

Stephen M. Stigler

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177013620

zbMATH Keywords

nuisance parameterposterior distributionBayesian inferenceLaplaceinverse probabilitypredictive distributiondouble exponential distributionlocation parameter estimationoptimum estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of statistics (62-03)

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