An approximate Bayesian marginal likelihood approach for estimating finite mixtures

Details An approximate Bayesian marginal likelihood approach for estimating finite mixtures An approximate Bayesian marginal likelihood approach for estimating finite mixtures

2011-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/1106.4432v4

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16 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables

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Estimation of finite mixture models when the mixing distribution support is unknown is an important problem. This paper gives a new approach based on a marginal likelihood for the unknown support. Motivated by a Bayesian Dirichlet prior model, a computationally efficient stochastic approximation version of the marginal likelihood is proposed and large-sample theory is presented. By restricting the support to a finite grid, a simulated annealing method is employed to maximize the marginal likelihood and estimate the support. Real and simulated data examples show that this novel stochastic approximation--simulated annealing procedure compares favorably to existing methods.

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