An efficient computational approach for prior sensitivity analysis and cross‐validation
- 8 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Canadian Journal of Statistics
- Vol. 38 (1) , 47-64
Abstract
Prior sensitivity analysis and cross‐validation are important tools in Bayesian statistics. However, due to the computational expense of implementing existing methods, these techniques are rarely used. In this paper, the authors show how it is possible to use sequential Monte Carlo methods to create an efficient and automated algorithm to perform these tasks. They apply the algorithm to the computation of regularization path plots and to assess the sensitivity of the tuning parameter ing‐prior model selection. They then demonstrate the algorithm in a cross‐validation context and use it to select the shrinkage parameter in Bayesian regression. The Canadian Journal of Statistics 38:47–64; 2010 © 2010 Statistical Society of CanadaKeywords
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