Based on a record sample from the Rayleigh model, we consider the problem of estimating the scale and location parameters of the model and predicting the future unobserved record data. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches under different loss functions are used to estimate the model's...

Bayesian inference relies heavily on numerical Markov chain Monte carlo (MCMC) methods for the estimation of the typically intractable high-dimensional posterior distributions and requires specific inputs. In this paper we introduce a new general and efficient numerical approach to address...

This note presents a nonparametric Bayesian approach to fitting a distribution to the survey data provided in Kilian and Zha (2002) regarding the prior for the half-life of deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP). A point mass at infinity is included. The unknown density is represented as...