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A gamma approximation to the Bayesian posterior distribution of a discrete parameter of the Generalized Poisson model

Methodology 2016-06-07 v1

Abstract

Let XX have a Generalized Poisson distribution with mean kbkb, where bb is a known constant in the unit interval and kk is a discrete, non-negative parameter. We show that if an uninformative uniform prior for kk is assumed, then the posterior distribution of kk can be approximated using the gamma distribution when bb is small.

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@article{arxiv.1606.01749,
  title  = {A gamma approximation to the Bayesian posterior distribution of a discrete parameter of the Generalized Poisson model},
  author = {T. F. Khang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.01749},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures