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In this paper, we derive prediction distribution of future response(s) from the normal distribution assuming a generalized inverse Gaussian (GIG) prior density for the variance. The GIG includes as special cases the inverse Gaussian, the inverted chi-squared and gamma distributions. The results lead to Bessel-type prediction distributions which is in contrast with the Student-t distributions usually obtained using the inverted chi-squared prior density for the variance. Further, the general structure of GIG provides us with new flexible prediction distributions which include as special cases most of the earlier results obtained under normal-inverted chi-squared or vague priors.
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Thabane, L., Safiul Haq, M. Prediction from a normal model using a generalized inverse Gaussian prior. Statistical Papers 40, 175–184 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925516
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