Two characterisations of a random mean from a Dirichlet process, as a limit of finite sums of a simple symmetric form and as a solution of a certain stochastic equation, are developed and investigated. These are used to reach results on and new insights into the distributions of such random means. In particular, identities involving functional transforms and recursive moment formulae are established. Furthermore, characterisations for several choices of the Dirichlet process parameter (leading to symmetric, unimodal, stable and finite mixture distributions) are provided. Our methods lead to exact simulation recipes for prior and posterior random means, an approximation algorithm for the exact densities of these means, and limiting normality theorems for posterior distributions. The theory also extends to mixtures of Dirichlet processes and to the case of several random means simultaneously.

Hjort, N., Ongaro, A. (2005). Exact inference for random dirichlet means. STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR STOCHASTIC PROCESSES, 8(3), 227-254 [10.1007/s11203-005-6068-7].

Exact inference for random dirichlet means

ONGARO, ANDREA
2005

Abstract

Two characterisations of a random mean from a Dirichlet process, as a limit of finite sums of a simple symmetric form and as a solution of a certain stochastic equation, are developed and investigated. These are used to reach results on and new insights into the distributions of such random means. In particular, identities involving functional transforms and recursive moment formulae are established. Furthermore, characterisations for several choices of the Dirichlet process parameter (leading to symmetric, unimodal, stable and finite mixture distributions) are provided. Our methods lead to exact simulation recipes for prior and posterior random means, an approximation algorithm for the exact densities of these means, and limiting normality theorems for posterior distributions. The theory also extends to mixtures of Dirichlet processes and to the case of several random means simultaneously.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Bernshtein- von Mises theorems, Dirichlet process, Hilbert and Stieltjes transforms, nonparametric Bayes, random probability measure, stochastic equation
English
2005
8
3
227
254
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Hjort, N., Ongaro, A. (2005). Exact inference for random dirichlet means. STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR STOCHASTIC PROCESSES, 8(3), 227-254 [10.1007/s11203-005-6068-7].
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