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

Activity Details

349 Tue, 8/3/2010, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-9 (East)
Prior Distributions, Posterior Distributions, and Decision Functions — Contributed Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Chair(s): Eric Vance, Virginia Tech
10:35 AM Reference Priors for Constrained Poisson Models — Michael David Sonksen, The Ohio State University ; Mario Peruggia, The Ohio State University
10:50 AM A Prior Distribution of Bayesian Nonparametrics Incorporating Distances of Various Types — Brian M. Hartman, Texas A&M University ; David Dahl, Texas A&M University ; Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University ; Debabrata (Debu) Talukdar, State University of New York at Buffalo
11:05 AM On Bayes's Theorem for Improper Mixtures — Peter McCullagh, The University of Chicago ; Han Han, The University of Chicago
11:20 AM Reference Prior in High-Dimensional Exponential Families — Bertrand Clarke, University of Miami ; Subhashis Ghoshal, North Carolina State University
11:35 AM Alternative Bayesian Formulation for Robustness to Outliers — Martin Heller, Unemployed
11:50 AM Bayes Multiple Decision Functions — Wensong Wu, University of South Carolina ; Edsel A. Pena, University of South Carolina
12:05 PM Floor Discussion



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