Discussion of ‘Prior-based Bayesian Information Criterion (PBIC)’

作     者：Bertrand S.Clarke 

作者机构：Statistics DepartmentUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln LincolnNEUSA 

出 版 物：《Statistical Theory and Related Fields》 (统计理论及其应用（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第3卷第1期

页      面：26-29页

学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学] 

主　　题：estimation. Criterion parameter 

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