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On the inconsistency of Bayesian non-parametric estimators in competing risks/multiple decrement models

✍ Scribed by Barry C. Arnold; Patrick L. Brockett; William Torrez; A.Larry Wright

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Weight: 596 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0167-6687
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6687(84)90018-0

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