Posterior distributions

Likelihood of
IID Observations
X 1 , , X n

Unknown
Parameter

Poisson( )

Distribution of parameter
Prior
U (0, )
Exp( )
Gamma(a , l )

U (0, )
Exp( )

l >0

Exp(l )
Gamma(a , l )
U (0, )

Gamma( , )

l >0

Exp(l )

Gamma(a , l )
U (0, )
W (c,g )

N (, 2 )

c>0

Exp(l )

Posterior
Gamma ( x + 1, n)

Gamma ( x + 1, n + l )

Gamma ( x + a , n + l )
Gamma (n + 1, x)

Gamma (n + 1, x + l )

Gamma (n + a , x + l )
Gamma (na + 1, x)

Gamma (na + 1, x + l )

Gamma (na + a , x + l )

Gamma(n + 1, xg )

Gamma(n + 1, xg + l )

Gamma(a , l )

Gamma(n + a , xg + l )

U ( -, )

1
s2
N x,
n
n

N ( , 2 )

F x
G
1
,
NG
GG n 1 n 1
H
F1
I
N G log x ,
n JK
Hn
2
2

LogN ( , 2 )

Bin(m, p)

0 < p <1

Geo( p)

0 p 1

NB( k , p)

0 < p <1

U ( , )

U (0,1)
Beta(a , b )
U (0,1)
Beta(a , b )
U (0,1)

Beta(a , b )

I
JJ
JJ
K

Beta ( x + 1, nm - x + 1)

Beta( x + a , nm - x + b )
Beta(n + 1, x + 1)

Beta( n + a , x + b )
Beta( nk + 1, x + 1)

Beta( nk + a , x + b )

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