[R] Empirical Bayes Estimator for Poisson-Gamma Parameters

[Bert Gunter]

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On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Ali A. Bromideh <A.BROMIDEH at ikco.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
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> I apologize for any cross-posting. I got a simple question, which I thought
> the R list may help me to find an answer. Suppose we have Y_1, Y_2, ., Y_n ~
> Poisson (Lambda_i) and Lambda_i ~Gamma(alpha_i, beta_i).  Empirical Bayes
> Estimator for hyper-parameters of the gamma distr, i.e. (alpha_t, beta_t)
> are needed.
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> y=c(12,5,17,14)
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> n=4
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> What about a Hierarchal B ayes estimators?
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> Any relevant work and codes in R (or S+) is highly appreciated.
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> Kind regards,
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> Ali
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