Sets of Priors Reflecting Prior-Data Conflict and Agreement

被引:3
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作者
Walter, Gero [1 ]
Coolen, Frank P. A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Sch Ind Engn, Eindhoven, Netherlands
[2] Univ Durham, Dept Math Sci, Durham, England
关键词
Bayesian inference; Strong prior-data agreement; Priordata conflict; Imprecise probability; Conjugate priors;
D O I
10.1007/978-3-319-40596-4_14
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
In Bayesian statistics, the choice of prior distribution is often debatable, especially if prior knowledge is limited or data are scarce. In imprecise probability, sets of priors are used to accurately model and reflect prior knowledge. This has the advantage that prior-data conflict sensitivity can be modelled: Ranges of posterior inferences should be larger when prior and data are in conflict. We propose a new method for generating prior sets which, in addition to prior-data conflict sensitivity, allows to reflect strong prior- data agreement by decreased posterior imprecision.
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页码:153 / 164
页数:12
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