BAYESIAN CALIBRATION IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE AGE OF RHINOCEROS

Authors
DUPLESSIS JL VANDERMERWE AJ
Citation
Jl. Duplessis et Aj. Vandermerwe, BAYESIAN CALIBRATION IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE AGE OF RHINOCEROS, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 48(1), 1996, pp. 17-28
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability",Mathematics,"Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00203157
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
17 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-3157(1996)48:1<17:BCITEO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In this paper the Bayesian approach for nonlinear multivariate calibra tion will be illustrated. This goal will be achieved by applying the G ibbs sampler to the rhinoceros data given by Clarke (1992, Biometrics, 48(4), 1081-1094). It will be shown that the point estimates obtained from the profile likelihoods and those calculated from the marginal p osterior densities using improper priors will in most cases be similar .