英文标题:
《Model Misspecification in ABC: Consequences and Diagnostics》
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作者:
David T. Frazier, Christian P. Robert and Judith Rousseau
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最新提交年份:
2019
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英文摘要:
We analyze the behavior of approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) when the model generating the simulated data differs from the actual data generating process; i.e., when the data simulator in ABC is misspecified. We demonstrate both theoretically and in simple, but practically relevant, examples that when the model is misspecified different versions of ABC can yield substantially different results. Our theoretical results demonstrate that even though the model is misspecified, under regularity conditions, the accept/reject ABC approach concentrates posterior mass on an appropriately defined pseudo-true parameter value. However, under model misspecification the ABC posterior does not yield credible sets with valid frequentist coverage and has non-standard asymptotic behavior. In addition, we examine the theoretical behavior of the popular local regression adjustment to ABC under model misspecification and demonstrate that this approach concentrates posterior mass on a completely different pseudo-true value than accept/reject ABC. Using our theoretical results, we suggest two approaches to diagnose model misspecification in ABC. All theoretical results and diagnostics are illustrated in a simple running example.
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中文摘要:
我们分析了当生成模拟数据的模型与实际数据生成过程不同时,近似贝叶斯计算(ABC)的行为;i、 例如,当ABC中的数据模拟器指定错误时。我们在理论上和简单但实际相关的例子中都证明,当模型被错误指定时,不同版本的ABC可以产生实质上不同的结果。我们的理论结果表明,即使模型被错误指定,在规则性条件下,接受/拒绝ABC方法将后部质量集中在适当定义的伪真参数值上。然而,在模型错误指定的情况下,ABC后验不能产生具有有效频率覆盖的可信集,并且具有非标准的渐近行为。此外,我们检验了在模型错误指定情况下流行的局部回归调整ABC的理论行为,并证明这种方法将后验质量集中在与接受/拒绝ABC完全不同的伪真值上。利用我们的理论结果,我们提出了两种诊断ABC中模型错误的方法。所有理论结果和诊断都在一个简单的运行示例中进行了说明。
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分类信息:
一级分类:Mathematics 数学
二级分类:Statistics Theory 统计理论
分类描述:Applied, computational and theoretical statistics: e.g. statistical inference, regression, time series, multivariate analysis, data analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo, design of experiments, case studies
应用统计、计算统计和理论统计:例如统计推断、回归、时间序列、多元分析、
数据分析、马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗、实验设计、案例研究
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一级分类:Quantitative Finance 数量金融学
二级分类:Economics 经济学
分类描述:q-fin.EC is an alias for econ.GN. Economics, including micro and macro economics, international economics, theory of the firm, labor economics, and other economic topics outside finance
q-fin.ec是econ.gn的别名。经济学,包括微观和宏观经济学、国际经济学、企业理论、劳动经济学和其他金融以外的经济专题
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一级分类:Statistics 统计学
二级分类:Methodology 方法论
分类描述:Design, Surveys, Model Selection, Multiple Testing, Multivariate Methods, Signal and Image Processing, Time Series, Smoothing, Spatial Statistics, Survival Analysis, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods
设计,调查,模型选择,多重检验,多元方法,信号和图像处理,时间序列,平滑,空间统计,生存分析,非参数和半参数方法
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一级分类:Statistics 统计学
二级分类:Statistics Theory 统计理论
分类描述:stat.TH is an alias for math.ST. Asymptotics, Bayesian Inference, Decision Theory, Estimation, Foundations, Inference, Testing.
Stat.Th是Math.St的别名。渐近,贝叶斯推论,决策理论,估计,基础,推论,检验。
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