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A note on Bayesian nonparametric priors derived from exponentially tilted Poisson-Kingman models

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Abstract

We derive the class of normalized generalized Gamma processes from Poisson-Kingman models (Pitman, 2003) with tempered alfa-stable mixing distribution. Relying on this construction it can be shown that in Bayesian nonparametrics, results on quantities of statistical interest under those priors, like the analogous of the Blackwell-MacQueen prediction rules or the distribution of the number of distinct elements observed in a sample, arise as immediate consequences of Pitman's results.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703552,
  title  = {A note on Bayesian nonparametric priors derived from exponentially tilted Poisson-Kingman models},
  author = {Annalisa Cerquetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703552},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages