A Bayesian approach to the semiparametric estimation of a minimum inhibitory concentration distribution

We wish to express our thanks to the "Projet d'Actions de Recherche Concertee (ARC) 27/16-039" from the "Communaute francaise de Belgique," granted by the "Academie universitaire de Louvain." For the simulations and bootstraps we used the infrastructure of the VSC-Flemish Supercomputer Center, funded by the Hercules Foundation and the Flemish Government-department EWI. The authors are grateful to EFSA for the approval to use the Ampicillin data.

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