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Power-law phenomena in Bayesian nonparametrics

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Bayesian methods constitute a popular approach to perform statistical inference and predict phenomena of interest. Surely, part of the popularity of the Bayesian paradigm can be linked to their intuitive core idea: to take advantage of the user's prior knowledge and integrate it in the statistical procedure. The result of this synergy is the posterior distribution, focal point of Bayesian inference and instrument to quantify the uncertainty of the estimation. This thesis collects the work ...

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MPLS
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Statistics
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University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Statistics
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Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-3952-224X
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Statistics
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-0998-6174
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Examiner
ORCID:
0000-0002-0583-4595
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Examiner
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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