Otro
Bayesian inference for two-parameter gamma distribution assuming different noninformative priors
Registro en:
Revista Colombiana de Estadistica. Bogota Dc: Univ Nac Colombia, Dept Estadistica, v. 36, n. 2, p. 321-338, 2013.
0120-1751
WOS:000331380600009
WOS000331380600009.pdf
Autor
Moala, Fernando Antonio
Ramos, Pedro Luiz
Achcar, Jorge Alberto
Resumen
In this paper distinct prior distributions are derived in a Bayesian inference of the two-parameters Gamma distribution. Noniformative priors, such as Jeffreys, reference, MDIP, Tibshirani and an innovative prior based on the copula approach are investigated. We show that the maximal data information prior provides in an improper posterior density and that the different choices of the parameter of interest lead to different reference priors in this case. Based on the simulated data sets, the Bayesian estimates and credible intervals for the unknown parameters are computed and the performance of the prior distributions are evaluated. The Bayesian analysis is conducted using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods to generate samples from the posterior distributions under the above priors.