Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1154802 Statistics & Probability Letters 2007 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

We obtain a noninformative prior measure for the pp parameter of the negative binomial distribution by use of a group theoretic method. Heretofore, group theoretic inference methods have not been applicable in the case of discrete distributions. A linear representation of a group leads to quantities whose squared moduli constitute the probability distribution. The group invariant measure yields prior measure dp/p2dp/p2.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Statistics and Probability
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