Bayesian Inference for the Negative Binomial Distribution via Polynomial Expansions
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
- Vol. 11 (1) , 189-201
- https://doi.org/10.1198/106186002317375677
Abstract
To date, Bayesian inferences for the negative binomial distribution (NBD) have relied on computationally intensive numerical methods (e.g., Markov chain Monte Carlo) as it is thought that the poste...Keywords
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