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arXiv 0711.1609math.STstat.TH
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离散分层对数线性模型的共轭先验

A conjugate prior for discrete hierarchical log-linear models

Hélène Massam, Jinnan Liu, Adrian Dobra

摘要:

在多向列联表的贝叶斯分析中,对数线性参数或单元概率参数的先验分布的选择是一个主要的挑战。在本文中,我们定义了一个灵活的家庭共轭先验的离散分层对数线性模型,其中包括类的图形模型。这些先验被定义为Diaconis-Ylvisaker共轭先验的对数线性参数受“基线约束”下多项式抽样。我们还推导出诱导先验的细胞概率,并表明诱导先验是一个推广的超狄利克雷先验。我们表明,这之前有几个理想的属性,并说明其实用性,确定最可能的可分解,图形和层次的日志-线性模型的六向列联表。

英文摘要:

In Bayesian analysis of multi-way contingency tables, the selection of a prior distribution for either the log-linear parameters or the cell probabilities parameters is a major challenge. In this paper, we define a flexible family of conjugate priors for the wide class of discrete hierarchical log-linear models, which includes the class of graphical models. These priors are defined as the Diaconis--Ylvisaker conjugate priors on the log-linear parameters subject to "baseline constraints" under multinomial sampling. We also derive the induced prior on the cell probabilities and show that the induced prior is a generalization of the hyper Dirichlet prior. We show that this prior has several desirable properties and illustrate its usefulness by identifying the most probable decomposable, graphical and hierarchical log-linear models for a six-way contingency table.

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