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Research Article

Sequentially allocated merge-split samplers for conjugate Bayesian nonparametric models

David B. DahlStatistics Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Spencer NewcombStatistics Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
Pages 1487-1511 | Received 17 Jun 2021, Accepted 19 Oct 2021, Published online: 11 Nov 2021

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