On the Computation of Gauss Hypergeometric Functions

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作者
Nadarajah, Saralees [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Math, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
来源
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN | 2015年 / 69卷 / 02期
关键词
Gauss hypergeometric function; Incomplete beta function; Laplace approximation; VARIABLE SELECTION; PRIORS; MODELS;
D O I
10.1080/00031305.2015.1028595
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
The pioneering study undertaken by Liang etal. in 2008 (Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103, 410-423) and the hundreds of papers citing that work make use of certain hypergeometric functions. Liang etal. and many others claim that the computation of the hypergeometric functions is difficult. Here, we show that the hypergeometric functions can in fact be reduced to simpler functions that can often be computed using a pocket calculator.
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页码:146 / 148
页数:3
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