Daniel Ayala

On a Dirichlet Process Mixture Representation of Phase-Type Distributions

2021 · Bayesian Analysis

An explicit representation of phase-type distributions as an infinite mixture of Erlang distributions is introduced. The representation unveils a novel and useful connection between a class of Bayesian nonparametric mixture models and phase-type distributions. In …

openSkies - Integration of Aviation Data into the R Ecosystem

2021 · The R Journal

Aviation data has become increasingly more accessible to the public thanks to the adoption of technologies such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Mode S, which provide aircraft information over publicly accessible radio channels. Furthermore, …