Cross additivity - an application

We try to show that discriminant analysis can be considered as a branch of statistical decisionn theory when viewed from a Bayesian approach. First we present the necessary measure theory results, next we briefly outline the foundations of Bayesian inference before developing discriminant analysis as an application of Bayesian estimation. Our approach renders discriminant analysis more flexible since it gives the possibility of classifying an element as belonging to a group of populations. This possibility arises from the introduction of the concept of regions of controled posterior risk.