Upper and Lower Probability Inferences from Ordered Multinomial Data
有序多项数据的上下概率推断
Dempster's method of upper and lower probabilities represents an attempt to obtain posterior probability statements about parameters without the necessity to incorporate prior information. We apply Dempster's method to the case of multinomial data for which there is some natural ordering of the categories. Inferences are derived for the sum of an arbitrary set of categories, the ratio of two such sums, and linear combinations of the category probabilities. Numerical examples…