Inference of global clusters from locally distributed data

Details Inference of global clusters from locally distributed data Inference of global clusters from locally distributed data

2010-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0597v2

Published in Bayesian Analysis, 5(4), 817--846, 2010

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27 pages, 12 figures

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We consider the problem of analyzing the heterogeneity of clustering distributions for multiple groups of observed data, each of which is indexed by a covariate value, and inferring global clusters arising from observations aggregated over the covariate domain. We propose a novel Bayesian nonparametric method reposing on the formalism of spatial modeling and a nested hierarchy of Dirichlet processes. We provide an analysis of the model properties, relating and contrasting the notions of local and global clusters. We also provide an efficient inference algorithm, and demonstrate the utility of our method in several data examples, including the problem of object tracking and a global clustering analysis of functional data where the functional identity information is not available.

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