Exact and efficient Bayesian inference for multiple changepoint problems.

Fearnhead, Paul (2006) Exact and efficient Bayesian inference for multiple changepoint problems. Statistics and Computing, 16 (2). pp. 203-213. ISSN 0960-3174

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Abstract

We demonstrate how to perform direct simulation from the posterior distribution of a class of multiple changepoint models where the number of changepoints is unknown. The class of models assumes independence between the posterior distribution of the parameters associated with segments of data between successive changepoints. This approach is based on the use of recursions, and is related to work on product partition models. The computational complexity of the approach is quadratic in the number of observations, but an approximate version, which introduces negligible error, and whose computational cost is roughly linear in the number of observations, is also possible. Our approach can be useful, for example within an MCMC algorithm, even when the independence assumptions do not hold. We demonstrate our approach on coal-mining disaster data and on well-log data. Our method can cope with a range of models, and exact simulation from the posterior distribution is possible in a matter of minutes.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Statistics and Computing
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? bayes factor - forward-backward algorithm - model choice - perfect simulation - reversible jump mcmc - well-log datacomputational theory and mathematicstheoretical computer sciencestatistics and probabilitystatistics, probability and uncertaintyqa mathema ??
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8189
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Deposited On:
15 Apr 2008 10:17
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