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503 Wed, 8/6/2014, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-156B
Bayesian Inference: Theory and Foundations — Contributed Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
Chair(s): Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia   
10:35 AM Asymptotic Properties of Bayesian Type Estimators When It Is Not Assumed the Hessian Matrices of Contrast Functions Converge Yoichi Miyata, Takasaki City University of Economics
10:50 AM Robust Bayes Analysis with Hierarchical Classes of Priors Xiaomu Wang, Ohio State University ; Mark Berliner, Ohio State University
11:05 AM Prior and Prejudice: An Algorithm for Weakening Prior Influence Keli Liu ; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard ; Natesh S. Pillai, Harvard
11:20 AM Exploring Minimaxity and Admissibility of the Usual Estimates and Usual Confidence Sets for the Means of Selected Populations Alexandra Bolotskikh, Cornell University ; Martin Wells, Cornell University
11:35 AM A Decision Theoretic Approach to Multiple Testing of Grouped Hypotheses Yanping Liu, Temple University ; Sanat K. Sarkar, Temple University ; Zhigen Zhao, Temple University
11:50 AM On Probability Matching Fiducial Distributions Abhishek Pal Majumder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12:05 PM Reference Prior Development for Exponential Random Graph Model Sayan Chakraborty, Michigan State University ; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University



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