Priors for the Bayesian star paradox.

Math Biosci

Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Institut Fourier UMR 5582 UJF-CNRS, 100 rue des Maths, BP 74, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères, France.

Published: November 2010

We show that the Bayesian star paradox, first proved mathematically by Steel and Matsen for a specific class of prior distributions, occurs in a wider context including less regular, possibly discontinuous, prior distributions.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2010.08.011DOI Listing

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