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Elsevier, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 1(62), p. 24-35, 1997

DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1997.1679

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Convergence of Dirichlet Measures Arising in Context of Bayesian Analysis of Competing Risks Models,

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the weak convergence of Dirichlet measures on the class constituted by vectors of subprobability measures such that the sum of its components is a probability measure on a complete separable metric space. This vectorial class of subprobabilities appears in the context of the competing risks theory and the Dirichlet measures are considered as a prior family in a Bayesian approach. The weak convergence results are derived and used to study the convergence of the Bayes estimators of certain parameters in competing risks models.