Bayesian statistics 4 : proceedings of the Fourth Valencia International Meeting, dedicated to the memory of Morris H. DeGroot, 1931-1989, April 15-20, 1991 (1992)

I. Invited Papers (with discussion): D.V. Lindley: Is our view of Bayesian statistics too narrow? M.J. Bayarri & M.H. DeGroot: A bad view of weighted distributions and selection models J.O. Berger & J.M. Bernardo: On the development of reference priors J.M. Bernardo & F.J. Giron: Robust sequential prediction from non-random samples: The election night forecasting case D.A. Berry, M.C. Wolff & D. Sack: Public health decision making: a sequential vaccine trial P.J. Brown & T. Makelainen: Regression, sequenced measurements and coherent calibration A.P. Dawid: Prequential analysis, stochastic complexity and Bayesian inference J.-P. Florens, M. Mouchart & J.-M. Rolin: Bayesian analysis of mixtures: Some results on exact estimability and identification A.E. Gelfand, D.K. Dey & H. Chang: Model determination using predictive distributions, with implementation via sampling-based methods J. Geweke: Evaluating the accuracy of sampling-based approaches to the calculation of posterior moments J.K. Ghosh & R. Mukerjee: Non-informative priors P.K. Goel, C.M. Gulati & M.H. DeGroot: Optimal stopping for a non-communicating team S.E. Hills & A.F.M. Smith: Parameterization issues in Bayesian inference J. Hodges: Who knows what alternative lurks in the hearts of significance tests? J.B.Kadane & D.A. Schum: Opinions in dispute: the Sacco-Vanzetti case R.E. Kass & E.H. Slate: Reparameterization and diagnostics of posterior non-normality X.-L. Meng & D.B. Rubin: Recent extensions to the EM algorithm C.N. Morris & S.L. Normand: Hierarchical models for combining information and for meta-analyses A. O'Hagan: Some Bayesian numerical analysis D. Pena & G.C. Tiao: Bayesian robustness functions for linear models A. Racine-Poon: SAGA: Sample assisted graphical analysis R.M. Royall: The elusive concept of statistical evidence M.J. Schervish: Bayesian analysis of linear models N.D. Singpurwalla & S.P. Wilson: Warranties D.J. Spiegelhalter & R.G. Cowell: Learning in probabilistic expert systems I. Verdinelli: Advances in Bayesian experimental design L. Wasserman: Recent methodological advances in robust Bayesian inference M. West: Modelling with mixtures R.L. Wolpert & W.J. Warren-Hicks: Bayesian hierarchical logistic models for combining field and laboratory survival data J.V. Zidek & S. Weerahandi: Bayesian predictive inference for samples from smooth processes J.F. Angers: B.P. Carlin & N.G. Polson: Monte Carlo Bayesian methods for discrete regression models and categorical time series G. Consonni & P. Veronese: Bayes factors for linear models and improper priors R.G. Cowell: BAIES - A probabilistic expert system shell with qualitative and quantitative learning P. Dellaportas & D.E. Wright: A numerical integration strategy in Bayesian analysis M. Farrow & M. Goldstein: Reconciling costs and benefits in experimental design S. French, R.M. Cooke & F. Voght The use of expert judgement in the context of a postulated mathematical model A. Gelman & D.B. Rubin: A single series from the Gibbs sampler provides a false sense of security A. Gilio: Co-Coherence and extension of conditional probabilities W.R. Gilks: Derivative-free adaptive rejection sampling for Gibbs sampling F.J. Giron, L. Martinez & C. Morcillo: A Bayesian justification for the analysis of residuals and influence measures M.A. Gomez-Villegas & P. Main: The influence of prior and likelihood tail behaviour on the posterior distribution E. Gutierrez-Pena: Expected logarithmic divergence for exponential families T.Z. Irony, C.A.B. Pereira & R.E. Barlow: Bayesian models for quality assurance P.W. Jones: Multiobjective Bayesian bandits M.B. Mendel: Bayesian parametric models for lifetimes E. Moreno & L.R. Pericchi: Bands of probability measures: A robust Bayesian analysis G. Parmigiani & N.G. Polson: Bayesian design for random walk barriers M.E. Perez & L.R. Pericchi: Analysis of multistage survey as a Bayesian hierarchical model L.I. Pettit: Bayes factors and the effect of individual observations on the Box-Cox transformation C.M. Queen & J.Q. Smith: Dynamic graphical models J.M. Quintana: Optimal portfolios of forward currency contracts A.E. Raftery & S.M. Lewis: How many iterations in the Gibbs sampler? G.O. Roberts: Convergence diagnostics of the Gibbs sampler S. Sivaganesan: An evaluation of robustness in binomial empirical Bayes testing K. Solna: Incorporating prior knowledge in a Markov point process model F. Spizzichino: Reliability decisiion problems under conditions of ageing D.A. Stephens & P. Dellaportas: Bayesian analysis of generalised linear models with covariate measurement error W.E. Strawderman: The James-Stein estimator as an empirical Bayes estimator for an arbitrary location family T.J. Sweeting: On asymptotic posterior normality in the multiparameter case A. Thomas, D.J. Spiegelhalter & W.R. Gilks: BUGS: a program to perform Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling A.J. van der Merwe & C.A. van der Merwe: Empirical and hierarchical Bayes estimation in multivariate regression models D.A. Wooff: [B/D] Works.