Posterior distributions are obtained for the mean of the Laplace distribution by deriving the distribution of the ratio X/Y when X and Y are independent random variables with Y having the Laplace ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An exact representation of the posterior mean is developed for a location model and the class of priors that are normal scale mixtures. The ...

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