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宇宙学似然性的分析方法

Analytic Methods for Cosmological Likelihoods

A. N. Taylor, T. D. Kitching

摘要:

我们提出了宇宙学似然分析的一般解析方法,解决了宇宙学中的“多参数”问题。最大值的发现牛顿法,而边缘化多余的参数,参数误差和协方差估计的分析边缘化的任意似然函数与平坦或高斯先验。我们表明,其余参数的信息被边缘化。边缘化的所有参数,我们发现一个分析表达式的贝叶斯证据模型选择。我们将这些方法应用于由高斯似然描述的数据,其参数为均值和协方差。当与Monte-Carlo Markov Chain方法结合时,该方法可以将常规的似然分析加速几个数量级,而贝叶斯模型选择变得有效瞬时。

英文摘要:

We present general, analytic methods for Cosmological likelihood analysis and solve the "many-parameters" problem in Cosmology. Maxima are found by Newton's Method, while marginalization over nuisance parameters, and parameter errors and covariances are estimated by analytic marginalization of an arbitrary likelihood function with flat or Gaussian priors. We show that information about remaining parameters is preserved by marginalization. Marginalizing over all parameters, we find an analytic expression for the Bayesian evidence for model selection. We apply these methods to data described by Gaussian likelihoods with parameters in the mean and covariance. This method can speed up conventional likelihood analysis by orders of magnitude when combined with Monte-Carlo Markov Chain methods, while Bayesian model selection becomes effectively instantaneous.

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