Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface to the First Edition xiii
List of Tables xxiii
List of Figures xxv
1 Introduction 1
2 Decision-Theoretic Foundations 51

3 From Prior Information to Prior Distributions 105
4 Bayesian Point Estimation 165
5 Tests and Confidence Regions 223
6 Bayesian Calculations 285
7 Model Choice 343
8 Admissibility and Complete Classes 391
9 Invariance, Haar Measures, and Equivariant Estimators 427
10 Hierarchical and Empirical Bayes Extensions 457
11 A Defense of the Bayesian Choice 507
A Probability Distributions 519
B Usual Pseudo-random Generators 523
C Notations 527
References 531
Author Index 579
Subject Index 587