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离散分层对数线性模型的共轭先验

The conjugate prior for discrete hierarchical log-linear models

Jinnan Liu, Helene Massam

摘要:

在列联表数据的贝叶斯分析中,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。尽管Dawid和Lauritzen(1993)已经为可分解的图模型定义了关于细胞概率的共轭先验,但是对于关于任意无向图的更大类的图模型Markov或者对于更大类的分层对数线性模型,它还没有被确定。在本文中,使用的对数线性参数GLIM,我们首先定义这些参数的共轭先验,然后推导出诱导细胞概率的先验:这是为一般类的分层对数线性模型。我们表明,共轭先验具有所有的属性,人们期望从一个先验:记法简单,能够反映没有先验知识或先验的专家知识,一个中等数量的超参数和数学方便。它也有很强的超马尔可夫性,允许局部更新的准素分量的图形模型。

英文摘要:

In the Bayesian analysis of contingency table data, the selection of a prior distribution for either the log-linear parameters or the cell probabilities parameter is a major challenge. Though the conjugate prior on cell probabilities has been defined by Dawid and Lauritzen (1993) for decomposable graphical models, it has not been identified for the larger class of graphical models Markov with respect to an arbitrary undirected graph or for the even wider class of hierarchical log-linear models. In this paper, working with the log-linear parameters used by GLIM, we first define the conjugate prior for these parameters and then derive the induced prior for the cell probabilities: this is done for the general class of hierarchical log-linear models. We show that the conjugate prior has all the properties that one expects from a prior: notational simplicity, ability to reflect either no prior knowledge or a priori expert knowledge, a moderate number of hyperparameters and mathematical convenience. It also has the strong hyper Markov property which allows for local updates within prime components for graphical models.

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