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A NOTE ON BAYES FACTORS
Author(s) -
Walker Stephen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 1369-1473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.00397.x
Subject(s) - bayes' theorem , mathematics , bayes factor , bayes' rule , connection (principal bundle) , context (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , bayesian probability , logarithm , function (biology) , bayesian programming , naive bayes classifier , statistics , econometrics , artificial intelligence , computer science , mathematical analysis , geometry , evolutionary biology , support vector machine , biology , paleontology
Summary This note establishes a connection between Bayes factors and the use of the logarithmic score utility function for model selection in a Bayesian context. The connection presented provides insights into Bayes factors.