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Bayesians Learn while Waiting*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2014
Abstract
In many estimation problems, incomplete as well as complete samples are available for Bayesian prediction. After developing the theory for a special, but useful family of distributions, examples are given in life testing, renewal risk processes, life contingencies, and the problem of estimating a defective distribution.
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- Copyright © International Actuarial Association 1979
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 13th ASTIN Colloquium, Washington, D.C., May 1977.
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