Priors for the Bayesian star paradox

Mikael Falconnet (1)

1 IF - Institut Fourier

We show that the Bayesian star paradox, first proved mathematically by Steel and Matsen for a specific class of prior distribution, occurs in a wider context.

Mots clés: Phylogenetic trees; Bayesian statistics; star trees

Domaines: Probabilités [math.PR]

Mikael Falconnet. Priors for the Bayesian star paradox. 2009. ⟨hal-00429744v2⟩