1. Bayesian Statistics
Julyan Arbel
julyan.arbel@carloalberto.org
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy
March 17, 2015
Note that The American Statistician, American Scientist and Statistical
Science are rather general audience journals. You can find a brief description
of the journals by following the links below:
The Annals of Probability, The Annals of Statistics, Bayesian Analysis,
Biometrika, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of the
Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology), The American
Statistician, American Scientist, Statistical Science.
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