The Selection of Prior Distributions by Formal Rules
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Publication:4366032
DOI10.2307/2291752zbMath0884.62007OpenAlexW4239683439MaRDI QIDQ4366032
Robert E. Kass, Larry Alan Wasserman
Publication date: 22 March 1998
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2291752
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