This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

597 Thu, 8/5/2010, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-109 (West)
Nonparametric Bayes Beyond the Dirichlet Process — Invited Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , IMS , Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining
Organizer(s): Peter Mueller, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chair(s): Peter Mueller, MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:35 AM Gibbs-Type Priors for Bayesian Nonparametric Inference on Species Variety — Stefano Favaro, University of Turin ; Antonio Lijoi, University of Pavia ; Ramses Mena, IIMAS-UNAM ; Igor Pruenster, University of Turin
9:00 AM A Natural Nonparametric Generalization of Parametric Statistical Models — Timothy Edward Hanson, University of Minnesota
9:25 AM Distance-Based Probability Distributions on Set Partitions for Bayesian Nonparametric Models — David Dahl, Texas A&M University ; Ryan Day, University of the Pacific ; Jerry Tsai, University of the Pacific
9:50 AM Discussant: Michele Guindani, University of New Mexico
10:10 AM Floor Discussion



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