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Christian P. Robert
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Christian P. Robert
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This is the collection of solutions for all the exercises proposed in Bayesian Essentials with R (2014).
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We introduce a new method of Bayesian wavelet shrinkage for reconstructing a signal when we observe a noisy version. Rather than making the common assumption that the wavelet coefficients of the signal are independent, we allow for the possibility that they are locally correlated in both location (time) and scale (frequency). This leads us to a prior structure which is analytically intractable, but it is possible to draw independent samples from a close approximation to the posterior distribution by an approach based on Coupling From The Past.
This is the solution manual to the odd-numbered exercises in our book Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R, published by Springer Verlag on December 10, 2009, and made freely available to everyone.
A large number of statistical models are doubly-intractable: the likelihood normalising term, which is a function of the model parameters, is intractable, as well as the marginal likelihood (model evidence). This means that standard inference techniques to sample from the posterior, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), cannot be used. Examples include, but are not confined to, massive Gaussian Markov random fields, autologistic models and Exponential random graph models. A number of approximate schemes based on MCMC techniques, Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) or analytic approximations to the posterior have been suggested, and these are reviewed here. Exact MCMC schemes, which can be applied to a subset of doubly-intractable distributions, have also been developed and are described in this paper. As yet, no general method exists which can be applied to all classes of models with doubly-intractable posteriors. In addition, taking inspiration from the Physics literature, we study an alternative method based on representing the intractable likelihood as an infinite series. Unbiased estimates of the likelihood can then be obtained by finite time stochastic truncation of the series via Russian Roulette sampling, although the estimates are not necessarily positive. Results from the Quantum Chromodynamics literature are exploited to allow the use of possibly negative estimates in a pseudo-marginal MCMC scheme such that expectations with respect to the posterior distribution are preserved. The methodology is reviewed on well-known examples such as the parameters in Ising models, the posterior for Fisher-Bingham distributions on the $d$-Sphere and a large-scale Gaussian Markov Random Field model describing the Ozone Column data. This leads to a critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology with pointers to ongoing research.
We use the theory of normal variance-mean mixtures to derive a data augmentation scheme for models that include gamma functions. Our methodology applies to many situations in statistics and machine learning, including Multinomial-Dirichlet distributions, Negative binomial regression, Poisson-Gamma hierarchical models, Extreme value models, to name but a few. All of those models include a gamma function which does not admit a natural conjugate prior distribution providing a significant challenge to inference and prediction. To provide a data augmentation strategy, we construct and develop the theory of the class of Exponential Reciprocal Gamma distributions. This allows scalable EM and MCMC algorithms to be developed. We illustrate our methodology on a number of examples, including gamma shape inference, negative binomial regression and Dirichlet allocation. Finally, we conclude with directions for future research.
We consider the modeling of data generated by a latent continuous-time Markov jump process with a state space of finite but unknown dimensions. Typically in such models, the number of states has to be pre-specified, and Bayesian inference for a fixed number of states has not been studied until recently. In addition, although approaches to address the problem for discrete-time models have been developed, no method has been successfully implemented for the continuous-time case. We focus on reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo which allows the trans-dimensional move among different numbers of states in order to perform Bayesian inference for the unknown number of states. Specifically, we propose an efficient split-combine move which can facilitate the exploration of the parameter space, and demonstrate that it can be implemented effectively at scale. Subsequently, we extend this algorithm to the context of model-based clustering, allowing numbers of states and clusters both determined during the analysis. The model formulation, inference methodology, and associated algorithm are illustrated by simulation studies. Finally, We apply this method to real data from a Canadian healthcare system in Quebec.
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