Predictions with dynamic Bayesian predictive synthesis are exact minimax


Abstract in English

We analyze the combination of multiple predictive distributions for time series data when all forecasts are misspecified. We show that a specific dynamic form of Bayesian predictive synthesis -- a general and coherent Bayesian framework for ensemble methods -- produces exact minimax predictive densities with regard to Kullback-Leibler loss, providing theoretical support for finite sample predictive performance over existing ensemble methods. A simulation study that highlights this theoretical result is presented, showing that dynamic Bayesian predictive synthesis is superior to other ensemble methods using multiple metrics.

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